“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”

“Let thy discontents be thy secrets”

“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.”

“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. ”

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.”