Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best.

Virtue dwells at the head of a river, to which we cannot get but by rowing against the stream.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

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

Honesty is a warrant of far more safety than fame.

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

God has made no one absolute.