Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist.

Wherever desirable superfluities are imported, industry is excited, and thereby plenty is produced. Were only necessaries permitted to be purchased, men would work no more than was necessary for that purpose.

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

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

Nothing in the world is certain except for death and taxes.

Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.