If Nature be not improved by instruction, it is blind; if instruction be not assisted by Nature, it is maimed; and if exercise fail of the assistance of both, it is imperfect.
He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Barba non facit philosophum
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof.