The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.

The tongue offends and the ears get the cuffing

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting.