A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.

It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.

Wherever desirable superfluities are imported, industry is excited, and thereby plenty is produced. Were only necessaries permitted to be purchased, men would work no more than was necessary for that purpose.

We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.

As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.

Rarely use Venery but for Health or Offspring; Never to Dulness, Weakness, or the Injury of your own or another's Peace or Reputation.

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.