If A Man Would Reap

Marry Above Thy Match And You Will Get A Master.

This Gave Me Occasion To Observe, That When Men Are Employ'd They Are Best Contented. For On The Days They Work'd They Were Good-natur'd And Chearful; And With The Consciousness Of Having Done A Good Days Work They Spent The Evenings Jollily; But On The Idle Days They Were Mutinous And Quarrelsome, Finding Fault With Their Pork, The Bread, And In Continual Ill-humour. (autobiography, 1771)

1) Temperance... Drink Not To Elevation. (2) Silence... Avoid Trifling Conversations. (3) Order: Let All Your Things Have Their Places... (4) Resolution... Perform Without Fail What You Resolve. (5) Frugality... I.e. Waste Nothing. (6) Industry: Lose No Time; Be Always Employ'd... (7) Sincerity: Use No Hurtful Deceit; Think Innocently... (8) Justice: Wrong None By Doing Injuries... (9) Moderation: Avoid Extremes; Forbear Resenting... (10) Cleanliness: Tolerate No Uncleanliness In Body... (11) Tranquility: Be Not Disturbed At Trifles... (12) Chastity (13) Humility : Imitate Jesus.

Nothing In The World Is Certain Except For Death And Taxes.

Industry Need Not Wish, And He That Lives Upon Hopes Will Die Fasting. There Are No Gains Without Pains. He That Hath A Trade Hath An Estate, And He That Hath A Calling Hath An Office Of Profit And Honor; But Then The Trade Must Be Worked At And The Calling Followed, Or Neither The Estate Nor The Office Will Enable Us To Pay Our Taxes. If We Are Industrious, We Shall Never Starve; For At The Workingman's House Hunger Looks In, But Dares Not Enter. Nor Will The Bailiff Or The Constable Enter, For Industry Pays Debts, While Idleness And Neglect Increase Them.