Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.
Character is simply habit long continued.
If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend.