He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l.
The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
Approve not of him who commends all you say.
The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.
No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.
In humility imitate Jesus and Socrates.
Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues.
No longer virtuous no longer free; is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth.
The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch.
The misers cheese is wholesomest.
If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Pen, wax and parchment govern the world.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.
Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse.
The exact Quantity and Quality being found out, is to be kept to constantly.
That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.
A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others.
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
A temperate Diet frees from Diseases; such are seldom ill, but if they are surprised with Sickness, they bear it better, and recover sooner; for most Distempers have their Original from Repletion.
Here’s to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to sand still – and they obeyed.