Benjamin Franklin: “Be niggards of advice on no pretence; For the worst avarice is that of sense.”

The rest depends on a man's own industry and virtue.

The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement.

For a piece of baize, or a pot full of brandy, or the like, they could get a piece of ground, which at present would be worth more than 290l. sterling." Ib.

This Indian knew how to set a true value upon a pair of spectacles: for undoubtedly if those glasses were not so plentiful, and only a few of them could be found, they would, on account of their great use, bear the same price with…