Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.

Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.

...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it.

Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.

An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ach more; Probatum est.

Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.

Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking.