As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

Nothing can be truly great which is not right.

There is no kind of idleness by which we are so easily seduced as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business.

I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude. I would choose my friends among the wise and my wife among the virtuous, and therefore should be in no danger from treachery or unkindness. My children should by my care be learned and pious, and would repay to my age what their childhood had received.

The traveler that resolutely follows a rough and winding path will sooner reach the end of his journey than he that is always changing his direction, and wastes the hour of daylight in looking for smoother ground and shorter passages.

Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.