Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.
I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'
I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are in my opinion, the strength of the state; more so than riches or arms.
Families ought to be noisy.
He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.