The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number.

It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.

To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.

Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those of our enemy.

Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.