whatever you become be good at it

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives - surely the most important of all to their families, and more subject to loss.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?

A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.

By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.