Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to Man. That the Soul is immortal. And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshiped. That the most acceptable service we render him is doing good to his other children. That the soul of Man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.

The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.

A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.

It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the honest employment of their vocation.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.