Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat..

My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progre….

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what h….

There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This….

Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life..

Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive..

He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone..

The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience..

Love well, whip well..

On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a ….

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write t….

You don't get somebody to like you by doing them a favor. That only tends to build resentment over the fact that they are needy and you are not. No, ….

Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd..

Duty is not beneficial because it is commanded, but is commanded because it is beneficial..

Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither..

A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth..

Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are in the ….

A man is not completely born until he is dead..

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason..

Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise..

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands..