Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

God sends us the poor to try us.... And he that refuses them a little out of the great deal that God has given lays up poverty in store for his own posterity.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Make few resolutions, but keep them strictly

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.