Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
Golden roofs break men's rest.
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.