Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.

Wisdom is the repose of the mind.

Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.

Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.

Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous.