No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

Custom is the great guide of human life.

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.

Beauty in things exist in the mind which contemplates them.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.