Great talkers are little doers.

The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends

The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.

The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it.

The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the quantity of silver and gold they possess; which will purchase more or less labor, and therefore is more or less valuable, as is said before, according to its scarcity or plenty.