» The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
» Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
» Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.
» They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
» Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
» If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
» All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
» Let thy discontents be thy secrets.
» The discontented man finds no easy chair.
» What has become clear to you since we last met?