False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window.

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.

Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.

A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else.