Games Lubricate The Body And The Mind.

Industry And Patience Are The Surest Means Of Plenty.

A Little Religion, And A Little Honesty, Goes A Great Way In Courts.

A Bargain Is Something You Have To Find A Use For Once You Have Bought It.

Women And Wine, Game And Deceit, Make The Wealth Small, And The Want Great

There Seem To Be But Three Ways For A Nation To Acquire Wealth. The First Is By War, As The Romans Did, In Plundering Their Conquered Neighbors. This Is Robbery. The Second By Commerce, Which Is Generally Cheating. The Third By Agriculture, The Only Honest Way, Wherein Man Receives A Real Increase Of The Seed Thrown Into The Ground, In A Kind Of Continual Miracle, Wrought By The Hand Of God In His Favor, As A Reward For His Innocent Life And His Virtuous Industry.