Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly. . . .
Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.
Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not.
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it.
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.