It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.

Opportunity has power over all things.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.

Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.