Life Is A Quarry, Out Of Which

Men Should Not Try To Overstrain Their Goodness More Than Any Other Faculty, Bodily Or Mental.

A Virtue To Be Serviceable Must, Like Gold, Be Alloyed With Some Commoner, But More Durable Alloy.

The Advantage Of Doing One's Praising For Oneself Is That One Can Lay It On So Thick And Exactly In The Right Places.

Life Is Like Music; It Must Be Composed By Ear, Feeling, And Instinct, Not By Rule.

If You Follow Reason Far Enough It Always Leads To Conclusions That Are Contrary To Reason.