He that rises late must trot all day.

On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.

God helps them that help themselves.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.

Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it.

Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.