Be Ashamed To Catch Yourself Idle.

What Can Laws Do Without Morals?

Success Has Ruin'd Many A Man.

If Passion Drives You, Let Reason Hold The Reins.

My Rule, In Which I Have Always Found Satisfaction, Is, Never To Turn Aside In Public Affairs Through Views Of Private Interest; But To Go Straight Forward In Doing What Appears To Me Right At The Time, Leaving The Consequences With Providence.

The Riches Of A Country Are To Be Valued By The Quantity Of Labor Its Inhabitants Are Able To Purchase, And Not By The Quantity Of Silver And Gold They Possess; Which Will Purchase More Or Less Labor, And Therefore Is More Or Less Valuable, As Is Said Before, According To Its Scarcity Or Plenty.