The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse..

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail..

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority..

Grievances cannot be redressed until they are known; and they cannot be known but through complaints and petitions. If these are deemed affronts, and….

Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest..

Hunger never saw bad bread..

If you want something done, ask a busy person..

There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking..

It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen..

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting..

Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform..

A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours..

If a sound body and a sound mind, which is as much as to say health and virtue, are to be preferred before all other considerations, ought not men, i….

If you want to be loved, love and be loveable..

Do not fear mistakes..

If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light..

You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we understand a state of happiness, inf….

This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and chearful….

After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser..

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but endeavour ….

Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?.