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"That is simple. In the Colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion to the demands of trade and industry to make the products pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay."
"Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time."
"Honesty is the best policy."
"Never praise your cider or your horse"
"Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt."
"I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning."
"The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise."
"Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both."
"An education is the investment with the greatest returns."
"A good example is the best sermon."
"Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things"
"You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again."
"If you would be loved, love, and be loveable."
"Take time for all things."
"Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one."
"A little neglect may breed great mischief."
"He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals."
"Doing your best means never stop trying."
"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."
"Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier against them. It produces excellent writers, and encourages men of fine genius."