"I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve."

"The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them."

"Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life."

"Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy."

"Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment."

"Buy on the rumor; sell on the news."

"Words without actions are the assassins of idealism."

"It is light grief that can take counsel."

"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."

"Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled."

"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall."

"By courage I repel adversity. (Adversa Virtute Repello)"

"Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)"

"Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable."

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

"He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss."

"The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking."

"The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage."