I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to Dispatch than Method.

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends