Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

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.

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.