In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.

He that gives quickly gives twice.

there are many hours and minutes between now and tomorrowand in any one of them-even in a minute,the house falls

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.