Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.

It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives - surely the most important of all to their families, and more subject to loss.

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.

In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it.

Better slip with foot than tongue.