The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.