It Was Said Of Him That He

You May Delay, But Time Will Not.

How Few There Are Who Have Courage Enough To Own Their Faults, Or Resolution Enough To Mend Them.

Your Best Investment Is To Pour Your Purse Into Your Head, And No One Can Take It Away From You.

It Is Easier To Prevent Bad Habits Than To Break Them.

This Gave Me Occasion To Observe, That When Men Are Employ'd They Are Best Contented. For On The Days They Work'd They Were Good-natur'd And Chearful; And With The Consciousness Of Having Done A Good Days Work They Spent The Evenings Jollily; But On The Idle Days They Were Mutinous And Quarrelsome, Finding Fault With Their Pork, The Bread, And In Continual Ill-humour. (autobiography, 1771)