Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.
Early morning hath gold in its mouth.
Read much, but not many books.
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.