It Pays To Be Prepared.

We Should Find Out As Much As Possible About Someone Before Coming Into Conflict With Him.

Every One Is More Or Less Master Of His Own Fate.

Every Truth Has Two Sides; It Is As Well To Look At Both, Before We Commit Ourselves To Either.

Kindness Effects More Than Severity.

If You Wish Me Well, Do Not Stand Pitying Me, But Lend Me Some Succour As Fast As You Can; For Pity Is But Cold Comfort When One Is Up To The Chin In Water, And Within A Hair's Breadth Of Starving Or Drowning.