Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.
Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.