Don't halloo until you're out of the wood.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.

If you would know the value of money; go, and try to borrow some! For, he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing! and indeed, so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again!

The importation of foreigners into a country that has as many inhabitants as the present employments and provisions for subsistence will bear, will be in the end no increase of people, unless the new comers have more industry and frugality than the natives, and then they will provide more subsistence, and increase in the country; but they will gradually eat the natives out. Nor is it necessary to bring in foreigners to fill up any occasional vacancy in a country for such vacancy will soon be filled by natural generation.

He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.