1.
Man is a tool-making animal.
2.
As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the
tailor, so I take my religion from the priest.
3.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
4.
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of
dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
5.
Patriotism is the last
refuge of a scoundrel.
6.
Nothing will ever be attempted if
all possible objections must be first overcome.
7.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can
do him absolutely no good.
8.
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation
of those whom we cannot resemble.
9.
Do not accustom yourself to use
big words for little matters.
10.
If you are idle, be not
solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.