To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

A home without books is a body without soul.

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.