True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

It is a difficult task to talk to the purpose, and to put life and perspicuity into our discourse.

Avoid all affectation and singularity. What is according to nature is best, and what is contrary to it is always distasteful. Nothing is graceful that is not our own.

Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths.

Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age.

Temperance keeps the senses clear and unembarrassed, and makes them seize the object with more keenness and satisfaction. It appears with life in the face, and decorum in the person; it gives you the command of your head, and secures your health, and preserves you in a condition for business.

The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.