A place for everything, everything in its place.

Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.

One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

A full Belly brings forth every Evil.

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

Trusting too much to others care is the ruin of many.