Look Before, Or You'll Find Yourself Behind.

Those Who Sacrifice Essential Liberty For Temporary Safety Are Not Deserving Of Either Liberty Or Safety.

This Gave Me Occasion To Observe, That When Men Are Employ'd They Are Best Contented. For On The Days They Work'd They Were Good-natur'd And Chearful; And With The Consciousness Of Having Done A Good Days Work They Spent The Evenings Jollily; But On The Idle Days They Were Mutinous And Quarrelsome, Finding Fault With Their Pork, The Bread, And In Continual Ill-humour. (autobiography, 1771)

He Is Not Well Bred, That Cannot Bear Ill Breeding In Others

There's Many Witty Men Whose Brains Can't Fill Their Bellies.

Many A Man Thinks He Is Buying Pleasure, When He Is Really Selling Himself To It.