“Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.” — William Cobbett

The great security of all is to eat little and to drink nothing that intoxicates. He that eats till he is full is little better than a beast, and he that drinks till he is drunk is quite a beast.

Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes.

Endless are the instances of men of bright parts and high spirit having been, by degrees, rendered powerless and despicable by their imaginary wants.

To be without sure and safe friends in the world makes life not worth having; and whom can we be so sure of as of our children?