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.

Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.

A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth.

If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

If you would know the value of money; go, and try to borrow some! For, he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing! and indeed, so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again!

Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.