Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory.

Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

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