Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.

It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any

You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.