He has half the deed done who has made a beginning

Adversity

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Advice

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Anger

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

Brevity

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Courage

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

Death and Dying

Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.

Emotions

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Eyes

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

Fortune

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Freedom

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.

Gossip

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

Health

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

Innocence

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Knowledge

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Life and Living

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Modesty

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

Neighbors

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

People

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.

Poetry and Poets

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

Procrastination

Tear thyself from delay.

Song and Singing

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.

Tears

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

Travel and Tourism

They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.

Wisdom

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Work

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Writers and Writing

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.