Our duties naturally emerge form such fundamental relations as our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, our state or nation. Make it your regular habit to consider your roles-parent, child, neighbor, citizen, leader-and the natural duties that arise from them. Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do.

It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.

Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately to remember that evils are things to be avoided, but death is inevitable.

Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

Books are the training weights of the mind.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.