In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.
The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.