Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.

Evils come not, then our fears are vain; And if they do fear but augments the pain.

If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.