When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness.
The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.
Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection.