To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.
A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.
Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it
An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.
Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.