God helps them that help themselves.

When you are in debt, then you are a slave.

Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law.

...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it.

Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you're free to it.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.