Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.

To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily shot.

God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.

Take time for all things.