The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
Humility mainly becometh the converse of man with his Maker.
Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.
The most wretched have yet hope.
As frost to the bud, and blight to the blossom, even such is self-interest to friendship; for confidence cannot dwell where selfishness is porter at the gate.