We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and…

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A full belly makes a dull brain

A full belly makes a dull brain

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

Remember, that time is money.

Remember, that time is money.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

Without justice, courage is weak.

Without justice, courage is weak.

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Constant dropping wears away stones

Constant dropping wears away stones

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A good example is the best sermon.

A good example is the best sermon.

Example is the best precept.

Example is the best precept.

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example