Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.

All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.