Always make the best of the best, and never make bad worse.

Half the business is done, when one has gained the heart and the affections of those with whom one is to transact it.

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder.

The more one works, the more willing one is to work.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.