But In This World Nothing Is Sure

Covetousness Is Ever Attended With Solicitude And Anxiety.

He Does Not Possess Wealth; It Possesses Him.

This Gave Me Occasion To Observe, That When Men Are Employ'd They Are Best Contented. For On The Days They Work'd They Were Good-natur'd And Chearful; And With The Consciousness Of Having Done A Good Days Work They Spent The Evenings Jollily; But On The Idle Days They Were Mutinous And Quarrelsome, Finding Fault With Their Pork, The Bread, And In Continual Ill-humour. (autobiography, 1771)

Money Never Made A Man Happy Yet, Nor Will It. There Is Nothing In Its Nature To Produce Happiness. The More A Man Has, The More He Wants. Instead Of Its Filling A Vacuum, It Makes One. If It Satisfies One Want, It Doubles And Trebles That Want Another Way. That Was A True Proverb Of The Wise Man, Rely Upon It; Better Is Little With The Fear Of The Lord, Than Great Treasure, And Trouble Therewith.

I Believe Long Habits Of Virtue Have A Sensible Effect On The Countenance.