“Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Poor Richard”

“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.”

“Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterward.”

“Let thy discontents be thy secrets”

“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”

“O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favours to me. ”

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”