Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence

People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

A person's life is what their thoughts make it.

Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.

It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil.