He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.
When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.
To cease to think creatively is to cease to live.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
A good example is the best sermon.
There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.
An old young man, will be a young old man.
Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.
We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.
Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.