Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.
If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor.
Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .