There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheati….

Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen..

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately..

Never contradict anybody..

Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely..

We can defer, yet time is most certainly not..

There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons..

The proof of gold is fire..

Well done is better than well said..

Laws without morals are in vain..

Proclaim not all though knowest, or all though owest..

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter..

Praise little, dispraise less..

He who is in love with himself has no rivals..

The only time not wasted is wasted time..

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true we may give advice, but we cannot give conduct..

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel..

Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee..

I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are….

Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world..

Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat..