Our real Wants are few.
The stomach tires of every thing but bread and water.
Moderate your Desires.
Take away your expensive follies, and you will have little occasion to complain of hard times.
Many a Little makes a Mickle.
When a shopkeeper has company, he may have two candles; but when alone, one candle will be sufficient for common purposes. The saving will nearly find his wife in shoes.
As the Twig is bent, the Tree inclines.
If you give your children an improper education, their future misfortunes will lie at your door.
There are true and false Facts.
History should be read with caution. It often presents us with false and delusive pictures; and, by the gay colouring of the artist, excites our admiration of characters really odious.