The early morning has gold in its mouth.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.

The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.