Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.

There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash.