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There is a contagion in example which few men have sufficient force of mind to resist.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
There can be no time, no state of things, in which Credit is not essential to a Nation.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
If you wou'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear.
If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.
Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.
You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars.
The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.
Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.
Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.
A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer: let none think themselves out of her reach.
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it.
Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.
He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.
The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.
He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.
Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.
Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.
I think that humanity brings much misery on itself by the false value they put on things.
In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.
As to religion a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in god and hate a saint.
[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . .
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.
No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.
Duty is not beneficial because it is commanded, but is commanded because it is beneficial.
Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.
No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.