It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs those that have business depending, both what to do and what to hope.