He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
When you're finished changing, you're finished.
Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
A penny saved is two pence clear.
From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the 'Pilgrim's Progress,' my first collection was of John Bunyan's works in separate little volumes.