The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Correction

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.

Faith

It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.

Home

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

Manners

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

Perseverance

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.

Praise

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

Self-love

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.

Theater

All this class of pleasures inspires me with the same nausea as I feel at the sight of rich plum-cake or sweetmeats; I prefer the driest bread of common life.