Where liberty is, there is my country.

Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.

Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.

Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.

Do not do that which you would not have known.

After getting the first hundred pounds, it is more easy to get the second.

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.