What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.

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

To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.

Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.