Read moreHe that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Read moreBe at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Read moreThose who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
Read moreA penny saved is a penny earned.
Read moreIn my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
Read moreOne today is worth two tomorrows.