The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day.

One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.

The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.

In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.

He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong.

I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. ... I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.

The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.