We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds.
Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.
Nothing is so tiresome to one’s self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.
You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies.
A fat kitchin, a lean Will.
A Republic, if you can keep it.
Acquire Riches by Industry and Frugality.
Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.
He that lives well, is learned enough.
Nor is it of much Importance to us to know the Manner in which Nature executes her laws; ’tis enough to know the Laws themselves.
Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.
What you would seem to be, be really.
Man is a tool-making animal.
When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.
Marry above thy match and you will get a master.
Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar.
None are deceived but they that confide.