Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

Speech is the golden harvest that followeth the flowering of thought.

Humility mainly becometh the converse of man with his Maker.