He That Would Fish, Must Venture His

It Is Easier To Prevent Bad Habits Than To Break Them.

Wealth And Content Are Not Always Bed-fellows.

In 1736 I Lost One Of My Sons, A Fine Boy Of Four Years Old, By The Small-pox, Taken In The Common Way. I Long Regretted Bitterly, And Still Regret That I Had Not Given It To Him By Inoculation. This I Mention For The Sake Of Parents Who Omit That Operation, On The Supposition That They Should Never Forgive Themselves If A Child Died Under It; My Example Showing That The Regret May Be The Same Either Way, And That, Therefore, The Safer Should Be Chosen.

Take Counsel In Wine, But Resolve Afterwards In Water.

Getting Into Debt, Is Getting Into A Tanglesome Net.