All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.