Not To Care For Philosophy Is To

Always Make The Best Of The Best, And Never Make Bad Worse.

Cultivate The Habit Of Thinking Ahead, And Of Anticipating The Necessary And Immediate Consequences Of All Your Actions.... Likewise In Your Pleasures, Ask Yourself What Such And Such An Amusement Leads To, As It Is Essential To Have An Objective In Everything You Do. Any Pastime That Contributes Nothing To Bodily Strength Or To Mental Alertness Is A Totally Ridiculous, Not To Say, Idiotic, Pleasure.

A Man Who Tells Nothing, Or Who Tells All, Will Equally Have Nothing Told Him.

A Judicious Reticence Is Hard To Learn, But It Is One Of The Great Lessons Of Life.

Second-rate Knowledge, And Middling Talents, Carry A Man Farther At Courts, And In The Busy Part Of The World, Than Superior Knowledge And Shining Parts.