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

"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forebearing."

"Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast."

"What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

"Start slow and taper off."

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it."

"At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.' It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.' You can love completely without complete understanding."

"Baseball is a skilled game. It's America's game -- it, and high taxes."

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book."

"An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect."