On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.

We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity, it has to take a lot of work to remain ignorant.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.

Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.

The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong.