It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.
Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt; but a truly noble and resolved Spirit appears greatest in Distress, and then becomes more bright and conspicuous.