The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new..

Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man..

In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve..

Speak briefly and to the point..

Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing w….

Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears..

Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it..

I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue..

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [….

Don't promise twice what you can do at once..

It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets….

The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God..

The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much cabbage as you wish, sea….

By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour, Art, and Industry, as fa….

This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity, since it has such a remembrance of the best, such a conce….

For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren't right f….

Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body..

Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men..

Do not expect good from another's death..

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom..

Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government--a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth ….