“A right beginning makes a proper ending.”
“A tight mouth keeps back much mischief.”
“Heaven never put a bar against resource.”
“When you know yourself thoroughly, you know everyone else.”
“Prejudice is the thief of persuasion.”
“Two things strangle, the tongue and the cord.”
“Be as cross to yourself as you are to others; be as sweet to others as you are to yourself.”
“Never too great to learn.”
“The last step must be as steady as the first in climbing a hill.”
“The downy chin goes over it; the bristly chin goes round it; or, the young head for the long jump, and the old head for the long thought.”