He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.

There are more old drunkards than old doctors.

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.