In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.

Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.

Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.