Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all.

The hunger of the eye is not to be despised; and they are to be pitied who have starvation of the eye.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

A man that is afraid is never a man.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.