Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.
The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.