Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.
Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.
He that is a friend to himself, know; he is a friend to all.
Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.