But on the whole$$$ though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining$$$ but fell far short of it$$$ yet I was$$$ by the endeavour

If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others$$$ and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present opinio

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations get corrupt and vicious$$$ they have more need of masters.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools$$$ that don't have brains enough to be honest.

It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.

In reality$$$ there is$$$ perhaps$$$ no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it$$$ struggle with it$$$ beat it down$$$ stifle it$$$ mort

He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another$$$ than he whom you yourself have obliged.

They who would give up essential Liberty$$$ to purchase a little temporary Safety$$$ deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself.

When the well is dry we know the value of water.