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

An old young man, will be a young old man.

Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!

Industry need not wish.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.