He that is rich is wise.

My man Friday (Robinson Crusoe)

I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm.

It is never too late to be wise.

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

Why then should women be denied the benefits of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God almighty would never have given them capacities.