Circumstances form the character; but, like petrifying matters, they harden while they form.

Consult duty not events.

Those who in living fill the smallest space, In death have often left the greatest void.

The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.