To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right; for from thence comes the will.
A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.