Consider First The Nature Of The Business

One That Desires To Excel Should Endeavor In Those Things That Are In Themselves Most Excellent.

To Live A Life Of Virtue, You Have To Become Consistent, Even When It Isn't Convenient, Comfortable, Or Easy.

It Is Better To Advise Than Upbraid, For The One Corrects The Erring; The Other Only Convicts Them.

Make The Best Use Of What Is In Your Power, And Take The Rest As It Happens.

To Accuse Others For One's Own Misfortunes Is A Sign Of Want Of Education. To Accuse Oneself Shows That One's Education Has Begun. To Accuse Neither Oneself Nor Others Shows That One's Education Is Complete.