When The Well Is Dry, We Know

Sell Not Virtue To Purchase Wealth, Nor Liberty To Purchase Power.

The Most Trifling Actions That Affect A Man's Credit Are To Be Regarded. The Sound Of Your Hammer At Five In The Morning, Or At Nine At Night, Heard By A Creditor, Makes Him Easy Six Months Longer; But If He Sees You At The Billiard-table, Or Hears Your Voice At A Tavern, When You Should Be At Work, He Sends For His Money The Next Day.

The Height Of Foolishness Is To Discard An Opportunity Without Full Investigation

I Grew Convinced That Truth, Sincerity And Integrity In Dealings Between Man And Man Were Of The Utmost Importance To The Felicity Of Life, And I Formed Written Resolutions . . . To Practice Them Ever While I Lived.

Rather Go To Bed With Out Dinner Than To Rise In Debt.