Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody..

Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day..

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make you….

Increase in me that wisdom Which discovers my truest interest, Strengthen my resolution To perform that which wisdom dictates..

Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding..

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government..

Pen, wax and parchment govern the world..

Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable..

It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part..

If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors,….

Approve not of him who commends all you say..

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in..

A little House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches..

Your best investment is to pour your purse into your head, and no one can take it away from you..

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow..

We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, ….

The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance..

There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it..

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy..

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book..

A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, th….