Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Failure to read what is happening in another's soul is not easily seen as a cause of unhappiness: but those who fail to attend the motions of their own soul are necessarily unhappy.

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.

Think on this doctrine, - that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it.

After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.

Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and exorcism and all the rest of it. Not to be obsessed with quail-fighting or other crazes like that.

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.