The World Is Run By The People

Friends And Neighbors Complain That Taxes Are Indeed Very Heavy, And If Those Laid On By The Government Were The Only Ones We Had To Pay, We Might The More Easily Discharge Them; But We Have Many Others, And Much More Grievous To Some Of Us. We Are Taxed Twice As Much By Our Idleness, Three Times As Much By Our Pride, And Four Times As Much By Our Folly.

But The Most Dangerous Hypocrite In A Common-wealth, Is One Who Leaves The Gospel For The Sake Of The Law: A Man Compounded Of Law And Gospel, Is Able To Cheat A Whole Country With His Religion, And Then Destroy Them Under Colour Of Law: And Here The Clergy Are In Great Danger Of Being Deceiv'd, And The People Of Being Deceiv'd By The Clergy, Until The Monster Arrives To Such Power And Wealth, That He Is Out Of The Reach Of Both, And Can Oppress The People Without Their Own Blind Assistance.

Let No Pleasure Tempt Thee, No Profit Allure Thee, No Persuasion Move Thee, To Do Anything Which Thou Knowest To Be Evil; So Shalt Thou Always Live Jollity; For A Good Conscience Is A Continual Christmas.

Wine Is Constant Proof That God Loves Us And Loves To See Us Happy.

Success Has Ruin'd Many A Man.