When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to its last Farthing, its contributors therefore to the public Exigencies are not to be considered a Benefit on the Public, entitling the Contributors to the Distinctions of Honor and Power, but as the Return of an Obligation previously received, or as payment for a just Debt.

Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.

Patience in Market, is worth Pounds in a year.

Evil, as evil, can never be chosen; and though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire it but under the appearance of an imaginary good.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.