He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that makes it.

You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.

My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.