To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.
I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me; but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me.
I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.