A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.