The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.

Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request.

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land.

The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.

It is in length of patience, endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind and womankind is shown.

Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.

Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel; for it does not easily deface their own character, nor render their purposes indistinct.