Trouble Springs From Idleness.

It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of England.

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions, for life is a kind of chess.

When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.