Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.
Every man lives by exchanging.
Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.
The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition . . . is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration.
Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.