Creditors Are A Superstitious Sect, Great Observers

They That Will Not Be Counseled, Cannot Be Helped. If You Do Not Hear Reason She Will Rap You On The Knuckles.

Those Who Prefer Security To Liberty Deserve Neither.

Energy And Persistence Conquer All Things.

The Best Doctor Gives The Least Medicines.

[t]he More Public Provisions Were Made For The Poor, The Less They Provided For Themselves, And Of Course Became Poorer . . . [taking] Away From Before Their Eyes The Greatest Of All Inducements To Industry, Frugality, And Sobriety, By Giving Them A Dependence Of Somewhat Else Than A Careful Accumulation During Youth And Health For Support In Age And Sickness.