Occupation: Founding Father Of The United States Birth: January 17, 1706 Death: April 17, 1790
History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a ….
Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be oblige….
Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely..
If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself..
It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol..
Lost time can never be found again.
When Wine enters, out goes the Truth..
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy..
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness….
What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of mathematics?.
He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her..
Moderation in all things - including moderation..
A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts..
Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might th….
Idle hands are the devil's playthings..
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen..
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt..
He [the Rev. Mr. Whitefield] used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were hea….
Opportunity is the great bawd..
People want to catch a buzz. That is why drugs are illegal, yet people still try to get their hands on them no matter what the consequence. Drugs mak….
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous..