It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.

The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.

A combed writing will cost both sweat and the rubbing of the brain. And combed I wish it, not frizzled or curled.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives a confidence to his outward behavior, which of all other is the best thing to grace a man in his carriage.

There is no one subsists by himself alone.

Virtue is the truest liberty.