Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it]

I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.

If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb'd of it, we are angry: But Money lost may be found; what we are robb'd of may be restored: The Treasure of Time once lost, can never be recovered; yet we squander it as tho' 'twere nothing worth, or we had no Use for it.

Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.