Nonfiction Books

"Content makes poor men rich; Discontent"

"Many Foxes grow grey, but few grow good."

"'Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat."

"Words may shew a man's Wit, but Actions his Meaning."

"The end of Passion is the beginning of Repentance."

"Wise Men learn by other's harms; Fools by their own."

"He is not well-bred, that cannot bear Ill-Breeding in others."

"Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good."

"Most Fools think they are only ignorant."

"If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's Beauty."

"Half Wits talk much but say little."

"When you're good to others, you are best to yourself."

"The second Vice is Lying; the first is Running in Debt."

"Liberality is not giving much but giving wisely."

"Life with Fools consists in Drinking; With the wise Man, Living's Thinking."

"Lost Time is never found again."

"He that cannot bear with other People's Passions,"

"The Devil sweetens Poison with Honey."

"A Mob's a Monster; Heads enough, but no Brains."

"It is wise not to seek a Secret, and Honest not to reveal it."

"Time enough, always proves little enough."

"What signifies your Patience, if you can't find it"

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover; But a slip of the Tongue you may never get over."

"Better is a little with content than much with contention."

"What maintains one Vice would bring up two Children."

"Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble."

"He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd."

"A Father's a Treasure; a Brother's a Comfort;"

"A good Example is the best sermon."

"We are not so sensible of the greatest Health"

"Courage would fight, but Discretion won't let him."

"There is no Man so bad, but he secretly respects the Good."

"There's a time to wink as well as to see."

"The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine."

"The Sting of a Reproach, is the Truth of it."

"Want of Care does us more Damage than"

"Good Sense is a Thing all need, few have,"

"Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time;"

"Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter."

"It's the easiest Thing in the World for a Man to deceive himself."

"Women & Wine, Game & Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great."

"Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her Mask."

"A quarrelsome Man has no good Neighbors."

"A good Wife and Health, is a Man's best Wealth."

"When the Well's dry, we know the Worth of Water."

"He that resolves to mend hereafter,"

"An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught."

"Every Man has Assurance enough to boast of his honesty,"

"'Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them."

"Light heel'd mothers make leaden-heel'd daughters."