Trouble Springs From Idleness.
A lonely man on a rainy night who cannot read.
It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
A light purse is a heavy curse.
If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor.
Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People’s are so plenty?
Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?
The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.
Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you’re free to it.
Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.
Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.
The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.
You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars.
The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.
There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah – get first all the people’s money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever.
If better is possible, good is not enough.
Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
In the dark, all cats are grey.
There is nothing so absurd as knowledge spun too fine.