A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.

Practice makes perfect.

We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!