I Prefer Silent Prudence To Loquacious Folly.

No Tempest Or Conflagration, However Great, Is Harder To Quell Than Mob Carried Away By The Novelty Of Power.

To Freemen, Threats Are Impotent.

When You Wish To Instruct, Be Brief; That Men's [children's] Minds Take In Quickly What You Say, Learn Its Lesson, And Retain It Faithfully. Every Word That Is Unnecessary Only Pours Over The Side Of A Brimming Mind.

Let Every Man Practise The Trade Which He Best Understands.

All Great Men Are Partially Inspired.