If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.

The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

The Spirit is neither good nor bad, it runs where the wild heart leads" "Wisdom begins in wonder.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.