A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

Eat to live, not live to eat.

Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.

No nation has ever been ruined by trade.

In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.