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There Is Scarce A King In A Hundred Who Would Not, If He Could, Follow The Example Of Pharoah - Get First All The People's Money, Then All Their Lands, And Then Make Them And Their Children Servants Forever.

He That Hath A Trade Hath An Estate; And He That Hath A Calling Hath A Place Of Profit And Honor. A Ploughman On His Legs Is Higher Than A Gentleman On His Knees.

It Is The Man And Woman United That Makes The Complete Human Being. Separate She Lacks His Force Of Body And Strength Of Reason; He Her Softness, Sensibility And Acute Discernment. Together They Are Most Likely To Succeed In The World.

The First Degree Of Folly, Is To Conceit One's Self Wise; The Second To Profess It; The Third To Despise Counsel.

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)