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He that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man.
The deliberative sense of the community should govern.
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.
When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee.
Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
There is nothing so absurd as knowledge spun too fine.
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.
Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.
Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.
He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong.
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.
I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.
Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.
The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.
The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.
To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish.
Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later.
What is best for people is what they do for themselves.
When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.
There will be plenty of time to sleep once you are dead
Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge
If it were not for the Belly, the Back might wear Gold.
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.
Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind
A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward.
Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.
Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.
The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast
All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful
The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.
If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self
I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.