Benjamin Franklin: “The wisest councils are liable to be misled, especially in matters remote from their inspection.”

But above all this, the state and circumstances of our settlements render such a measure not only proper and eligible, but absolutely necessary.

But let us take a cool view of the general state of our affairs, and perhaps the prospect will appear less gloomy than has been imagined.

An ancient sage valued himself upon this, that though he could not fiddle, he knew how to make a great city of a little one.

This Indian knew how to set a true value upon a pair of spectacles: for undoubtedly if those glasses were not so plentiful, and only a few of them could be found, they would, on account of their great use, bear the same price with…