To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations.

Be first the master of yourself

What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.