If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.

All would live long, but none would be old.

Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.

How can any Action be meritorious of Praise or Dispraise, Reward or Punishment, when the natural Principle of Self-Love is the only and the irresistible Motive to it?

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.