We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?

It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.