Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.

What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.

In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that of the soldier predominates over every other character.

Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.

Masters are always and everywhere in a sort of tacit, but constant and uniform combination, not to raise the wages of labor.

In public, as well as in private expences, great wealth may, perhaps, frequently be admitted as an apology for great folly.

It may indeed be doubted whether butchers' meet is anywhere a necessary of life. Grain and other vegetables, with the help of milk, cheese, and butter, or oil where butter is not to be had, afford the most plentiful, the most wholesome, the most nourishing, and the most invigorating diet. Decency nowhere requires that any man should eat butchers' meat.