A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

To move the world we must move ourselves.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

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.

It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.

There is but one evil, ignorance.