"Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly."

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

"We have two ears and one mouth so we may listen more and talk the less."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent."

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him."

"Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade."

"I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them."

"A wise man's question contains half the answer."

"I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake his neighbours up."

"The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit."