Those Who Prefer Security To Liberty Deserve

Grief For A Dead Wife, And A Troublesome Guest, Continues To The Threshold, And There Is At Rest; But I Mean Such Wives As Are None Of The Best

Private Property ... Is A Creature Of Society, And Is Subject To The Calls Of That Society, Whenever Its Necessities Shall Require It, Even To Its Last Farthing, Its Contributors Therefore To The Public Exigencies Are Not To Be Considered A Benefit On The Public, Entitling The Contributors To The Distinctions Of Honor And Power, But As The Return Of An Obligation Previously Received, Or As Payment For A Just Debt.

It Is Very Hard To Dislike Someone You Have Helped

Rarely Use Venery But For Health Or Offspring; Never To Dulness, Weakness, Or The Injury Of Your Own Or Another's Peace Or Reputation.

Historians Relate Not So Much What Is Done As What They Would Have Believed.