Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

Necessity is our quickest excuse.

Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!!

A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.