Labor is no disgrace.

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Even though it's hard, it's easy.

A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.