Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly. . . .

Great talkers are little doers.

Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Have you something to do to-morrow; do it to-day.

In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?"

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.