Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation..

Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive.

Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world..

If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?.

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors ….

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards..

...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it..

One day is worth a thousand tomorrows..

Onions can make even Heirs and Widows weep..

Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse..

I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. [...] I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since wit….

But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses nor fine furnit….

If you want a thing done - go. If not - send..

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, tha….

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog..

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning..

Men take more pains to mask than mend..

Many dishes many diseases, Many medicines few cures..

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men..

You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right..

The discontented man finds no easy chair..