The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.
The foundation of all happiness in thinking rightly.
Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.
Most people die at 25 but are buried at 75.
Necessity is our quickest excuse.
The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.