God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. Energy and persistence conquer all things. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! Oh, it's easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. Well done is better than well said.

Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them.

Moderation in all things - including moderation.

God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.

Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.