Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.
He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent; still less how to act with vigour and decision. - Who hastens to the end is silent: loudness is impotence.
Women are proverbially credulous.
Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.
Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.
Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.