Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.

The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.

A contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.

Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections; so shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways.

The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.