Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.

For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious].

Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.

All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.