Don't Curse The Darkness, Light A Candle.

Instead Of Being Concerned That You Have No Office, Be Concerned To Think How You May Fit Yourself For Office. Instead Of Being Concerned That You Are Not Known, Seek To Be Worthy Of Being Known.

If The People Be Led By Laws, And Uniformity Sought To Be Given Them By Punishments, They Will Try To Avoid The Punishment, But Have No Sense Of Shame.

When A Man Comes To Me, I Accept Him At His Best, Not At His Worst. Why Make So Much Ado? When A Man Washes His Hands Before Paying A Visit, And You Receive Him In That Clean State, You Do Not Thereby Stand Surety For His Always Having Been Clean In The Past.

Waste Begets Self-will; Thrift Begets Meanness: But Better Be Mean Than Self-willed.

If Names Be Not Correct, Language Is Not In Accordance With The Truth Of Things.