The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice..

Where there is hunger, law is not regarded; and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger..

Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom..

Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promise….

History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The orda….

Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit..

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?.

Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?.

That which hurts, also instructs..

Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death..

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom..

Nine Men in Ten are Suicides..

There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house..

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads,….

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, ….

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that….

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water..

Let our Fathers and Grandfathers be valued for their Goodness, ourselves for our own..

If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking..

Spare when young, and spend when old..

An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which i….