If You Want To Improve, Be Content

The Two Powers Which In My Opinion Constitute A Wise Man Are Those Of Bearing And Forbearing.

Every Habit And Faculty Is Preserved And Increased By Correspondent Actions, As The Habit Of Walking, By Walking; Of Running, By Running.

No Matter What Happens, It Is Within My Power To Turn It To My Advantage.

The Good Or Ill Of A Man Lies Within His Own Will.

A Man That Seeks Truth And Loves It Must Be Reckoned Precious To Any Human Society.