The two most beautiful sights I have witnessed in my life are a full blown ship at sail and the round-bellied pregnant female.

He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it is not given our fallen nature to understand.

Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.