Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

Dine on little, and sup on less.

By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.