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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)

As We Must Account For Every Idle Word, So Must We Account For Every Idle Silence.

It Is Foolish To Lay Out Money For The Purchase Of Repentance.

Guests, Like Fish, Begin To Smell After Three Days.

We Are All Born Without Knowledge, But Curious. With Curiosity We Should Be Able To Learn As Much As Possible. With Curiosity, It Has To Take A Lot Of Work To Remain Ignorant.