Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.

Speak little, do much.

Proclaim not all though knowest, or all though owest.

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.