May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after!

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

I have, by long experience, found women to be like Telephus's spear: if one end kills, the other cures.