The Most Disadvantageous Peace Is Better Than

Providence Has Decreed That Those Common Acquisitions, Money, Gems, Plate, Noble Mansions, And Dominion, Should Be Sometimes Bestowed On The Indolent And Unworthy; But Those Things Which Constitute Our True Riches, And Which Are Properly Our Own, Must Be Procured By Our Own Labor.

A Good Portion Of Speaking Will Consist In Knowing How To Lie.

The Most Disadvantageous Peace Is Better Than The Most Just War.

When I Get A Little Money I Buy Books; And If Any Is Left I Buy Food And Clothes.

Man's Mind Is So Formed That It Is Far More Susceptible To Falsehood Than To Truth.