We are hardly ever grateful for a fine clock or watch when it goes right, and we pay attention to it only when it falters, for then we are caught by surprise. It ought to be the other way about.

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

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

Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.

Many new years you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These virtue, honor, and knowledge alone can merit, alone can produce.