Great Spenders Are Bad Lenders.

Many Estates Are Spent In The Getting, Since Women For Tea Forsake Spinning And Knitting, And Men For Punch Forsake Hewing And Splitting.

Here Is My Creed. I Believe In One God, The Creator Of The Universe. That He Governs It By His Providence. That He Ought To Be Worshipped.

When You Assemble A Number Of Men To Have The Advantage Of Their Joint Wisdom, You Inevitably Assemble With Those Men All Their Prejudices, Their Passions, Their Errors Of Opinion, Their Local Interests And Their Selfish Views.

[t]he More Public Provisions Were Made For The Poor, The Less They Provided For Themselves, And Of Course Became Poorer . . . [taking] Away From Before Their Eyes The Greatest Of All Inducements To Industry, Frugality, And Sobriety, By Giving Them A Dependence Of Somewhat Else Than A Careful Accumulation During Youth And Health For Support In Age And Sickness.

The Art Of Acting Consists In Keeping People From Coughing.