He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.

He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man

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

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.