A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back.

If a sound body and a sound mind, which is as much as to say health and virtue, are to be preferred before all other considerations, ought not men, in choosing a business either for themselves or children, to refuse such as are unwholesome for the body, and such as make a man too dependent, too much obliged to please others, and too much subjected to their humors in order to be recommended and get a livelihood?

Most people die at 25 but are buried at 75.

The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful

While the path to wealth is clearly marked, few are willing to adapt themselves to the modest discipline that the journey requires. Instead, most choose the shinier track of debt-driven consumption, which they find further along is covered in vines and thorns.