He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

If you do tomorrow what you did today , you will get tomorrow what you got today

Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .

Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?