Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand….

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to be….

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking..

The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail..

The apostle Paul very seriously advised Timothy to put some wine in his water for health's sake, but not one of the apostles nor any of the holy fath….

Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us..

He that can have patience can have what he will..

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly..

I imagine it great vanity in me to suppose that the Supremely Perfect does in the least regard such an inconsiderable nothing as man. More especially….

One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else..

All the heavenly Bodies, the Stars and Planets, are regulated with the utmost Wisdom! And can we suppose less Care to be taken in the Order of the mo….

That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and th….

Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourse….

Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask..

All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person w….

A lie stands on one leg, truth on two..

Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy hel….

Lying rides upon debt's back..

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages..

The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends..

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice..