The Things Which Hurt, Instruct.

Slavery Is Such An Atrocious Debasement Of Human Nature, That Its Very Extirpation, If Not Performed With Solicitous Care, May Sometimes Open A Source Of Serious Evils.

Idleness Is The Dead Sea That Swallows All Virtues

I Am A Mortal Enemy To Arbitrary Government And Unlimited Power. I Am Naturally Very Jealous For The Rights And Liberties Of My Country, And The Least Encroachment Of Those Invaluable Privileges Is Apt To Make My Blood Boil.

No Gains Without Pains.

It Is Much To Be Lamented That A Man Of Franklin's General Good Character And Great Influence Should Have Been An Unbeliever In Christianity, And Also Have Done As Much As He Did To Make Others Unbelievers.