Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them?
Humility makes great men twice honorable.
Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.
Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.
Lying rides upon debt’s back.
To be thrown upon one’s own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
Let the child’s first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.
The next thing most like living one’s life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.
A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood.
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
Without justice, courage is weak.
Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.
Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.