"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

"Never spare the parson's wine, nor the baker's pudding."

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

"A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one."

"Shrewdness can turn one penny into two, but wisdom can turn a horse into a boy."