Hunger is the best pickle.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ach more; Probatum est.

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best

As Pride increases, Fortune declines.

The proof of gold is fire.