Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption.
Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.
Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse.
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favour, which an artful flatterer may gradually strengthen, till wishes for a particular qualification are improved to hopes of attainment, and hopes of attainment to belief of possession.