Nonfiction Books

"There are lazy Minds as well as lazy Bodies."

"Tricks and trechery are the Practice of Fools,"

"The poor have little, Beggars none; the Rich too much, enough not one."

"Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; Yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back."

"A wolf eats sheep but now and then, Ten Thousands are devour'd by men."

"An open Foe may prove a curse; But a pretended friend is worse."

"Happy that nation, fortunate that age,"

"An empty bag will not stand upright."

"To hear other Peoples Afflictions, every one has Courage enough, and to spare."

"Great Beauty, great strength, & great Riches, are"

"Nor is a Duty beneficial because it is commanded,"

"Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden"

"Industry need not wish."

"Let our Fathers and Grandfathers be valued for"

"Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest,"

"Beware of him that is slow to anger: He is angry"

"Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing,"

"Pay what you owe, and you’ll know what's your own."

"Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy."

"If thou injurest Conscience, it will have its Revenge on thee."

"Honour thy Father and Mother, i.e. Live so as to be"

"No Resolution of Repenting hereafter, can be sincere."

"A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds."

"Let thy Discontents be Secrets."

"Blessed is he that expects nothing,"

"Let thy Child's first Lesson be Obedience,"

"He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals."

"Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend;"

"Historians relate, not so much what is done,"

"He that pays for Work before it’s done,"

"Trust thy self, and another shall not betray thee."

"If thou wouldst live long, live well;"

"Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices."

"Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others."

"Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones."

"Each year one vicious habit rooted out, In time might make the worst Man good throughout."

"There is much difference between imitating a good man,"

"Drive thy business; let not that drive thee."

"None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,"

"Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good."

"If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again;"

"Reading makes a full Man, Meditation a profound Man,"

"Time is an herb that cures all Diseases."

"I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead"

"As we must account for every idle word,"

"Wish not so much to live long as to live well."

"If you do what you should not,"

"Since I cannot govern my own tongue, tho' within my own"

"Since thou art not sure of a minute,"

"'Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges,"