We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.

The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.

Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.

The only fountain in the wilderness of life, where man drinks of water totally unmixed with bitterness, is that which gushes for him in the calm and shady recess of domestic life.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.