Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Vice is contagious, and there is no trusting the sound and the sick together.
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.