Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more durable, to record them in writing.

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

That which hurts, also instructs.

Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.