It is better wither to be silent or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety for this keeps your reason unclouded by...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
When life is too easy for us we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone rich or poor.
