Stand firm, don't flutter!

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

The foundation of all happiness in thinking rightly.

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.

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.

The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong.