Trusting too much to others care is the ruin of many.
He that best understands the world, least likes it
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.
Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer: let none think themselves out of her reach.