Every truth has two sides it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either

Vices are their own punishment

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow

Example is the best precept

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties