John RayThinkers

Building a house is unwise — Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

Desert is always in order — New meat begets a new appetite.

Disease is the tax on pleasures.

Education is dangerous when not conducted correctly — Better untaught than ill taught.

Gentility is, when missing ability, worse than plain beggary.

The Heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.

Instinct is that which is best made use of by him who cannot make use of reason.

Luck is more often possessed by the dishonest — the honester the man, the worse luck.

Manual labor is the fate of the ineloquent — who has not a good tongue, ought to have good hands.

Money is power — He who pays the piper can call the tune.