He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.

Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.

One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.