Don’t go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.
Cunning proceeds from lack of capacity.
The best of all medicines is resting and fasting.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Remember that credit is money.
We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.
To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.
If you wou’d have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.
I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.
Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.
What is best for people is what they do for themselves.