The Only Thing That Is More Expensive

There Seems To Be Three Ways For A Nation To Acquire Wealth: The First Is By War...this Is Robbery; The Second By Commerce, Which Is Generally Cheating; The Third By Agriculture, The Only Honest Way.

Those Who Are Fear'd, Are Hated.

Do Not Anticipate Trouble, Or Worry About What May Never Happen. Keep In The Sunlight.

He That Is Good For Making Excuses Is Seldom Good For Anything Else.

The Most Trifling Actions That Affect A Man's Credit Are To Be Regarded. The Sound Of Your Hammer At Five In The Morning, Or At Nine At Night, Heard By A Creditor, Makes Him Easy Six Months Longer; But If He Sees You At The Billiard-table, Or Hears Your Voice At A Tavern, When You Should Be At Work, He Sends For His Money The Next Day.