"Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it."

"Youth is pert and positive, Age modest and doubting: So Ears of Corn when young and light, stand bolt upright, but hang their Heads when weighty, full, and ripe."

"Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore."

"The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine."

"He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. - Ben Franklin"

"When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views."

"What you would seem to be, be really."

"Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running."

"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone."

"Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended"