Industry pays debts, while despair increases them..

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself..

I wish to live without committing any fault at any time..

1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolut….

What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue..

The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty.

As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best t….

He that lives well, is learned enough..

The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast.

A fat kitchin, a lean Will..

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and the leas….

There never was a good war, or a bad peace..

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it].

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two works, industry and frugality..

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason..

If you wou'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear..

The importation of foreigners into a country that has as many inhabitants as the present employments and provisions for subsistence will bear, will b….

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do..

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight f….

I think that humanity brings much misery on itself by the false value they put on things..

What good shall I do this day?.