Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
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.