Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

If you have time don't wait for time.

When in doubt, don't.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.