A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.

After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together.

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.

To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.

Moderation in all things - including moderation.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.