Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill.

At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.

Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

Without a purpose, nothing should be done.