Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.

You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him.

Quack: A boastful pretender to arts which he does not understand. A vain boastful pretender to physick; An artful, tricking practitioner in physick.

Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion.

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

Self-love is a busy prompter.

All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.