In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.