Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.

When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.

Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered by tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do to-day.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain.