Every man knows the smell of his own fart.
Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.
There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.
Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?