Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in the first place to bring thy Appetite into Subjection to Reason.

One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.

Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.

That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.