• Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
• A sleeping fox catches no poultry.
• No gains without pains.
• Well done is twice done . . .
• A fool and his money are soon parted.
• Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
• Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues.
• Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.
• Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things.
• Here comes the Orator! — with his Flood of Words, and his Drop of Reason.
• You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
• Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship.
• It's common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
• Light-heel'd mothers make leaden-heel'd daughters.
• When the Well's dry, we know the Worth of Water.
• A good Wife & Health, is a Man's best Wealth.
• A quarrelsome Man has no good Neighbours.
• Wide will wear, but Narrow will tear.
• Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that's the Stuff Life is made of.
• Strive to be the greatest Man in your Country, and you may be disappointed;
  Strive to be the best, and you may succeed:
  He may well win the race that runs by himself.
• There's a time to wink as well as to see.
• A good Example is the best sermon.
• He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd.
• Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.
• What is Serving God? 'Tis doing Good to Man.
• A Slip of the Foot you may soon recover:
  But a Slip of the Tongue you may never get over.
• It is wise not to seek a Secret, and Honest not to reveal it.