My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.

Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.

He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.