Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greater part of what thou believest be the least part of what is true.

To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it.

So use prosperity, that adversity may not abuse thee: if in the one, security admits no fears, in the other, despair will afford no hopes; he that in prosperity can foretell a danger can in adversity foresee deliverance.