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Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.
Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.
By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.
The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .
Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away
A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.
Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.
An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompence the pangs of vice.
It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on
At the working man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
A nation has a right to manage its own concerns as it thinks fit.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'
Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
Quacks are the greatest liars in the world except their patients.
There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.
Setting too good an Example is a Kind of slander seldom forgiven.
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
If you, do what you should not, you must bear what you would not.
Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.
When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.
If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.
Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
In success be moderate. Humility makes great men twice honourable.
You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion
If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself.
For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.
Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.