None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.It is proper behavior to admit when you are wrong, it takes a big man to admit when he is wrong but the right thing to do.
Reginald Poe Carelock
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.It is proper behavior to admit when you are wrong, it takes a big man to admit when he is wrong but the right thing to do.
Reading makes a full Man, Meditation a profound Man, discourse a clear Man.Read, think, and analyze is the formula for true knowledge.
Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.Time heals all wounds.
I have never seen the Philosopher’s Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man’s Gold into Lead.Seeking or pursuing that which is unattainable or unknowable will destroy that which is best in us – to quote Dirty Harry “A man’s got to know his limits!.”
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.Quality over quanitity.
As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence.There are times when we must speak up and if we don’t we will be held accountable.
Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.Don’t waste time, since we never know what time is left to us.
Since I cannot govern my own tongue, tho’ within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongues of others?You have to learn to control yourself before you can hope to control or influence others.
The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.It is good to know the old ways and old values but we must fit into and survive in the present.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.Know what you are getting into but don’t be overly critical once you get it, especially in relationships as they take lots of effort to maintain.
Let thy vices die before thee. (if you have bad habits break them as soon as possible.If you have bad habits break them as soon as possible.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.Don’t sell out, stay true to what you believe.
Buy what thou hast no need of; and e’er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.If you overindulge you will eventually pay for it when you can’t even keep the necessary things you really need.
Fly Pleasures, and they’ll follow you.It is difficult to run from temptation.
Read much, but not many Books.You can learn only so much from books.
Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.Overdoing even good things is always a problem, good things can be overdone to the point that they become bad.
Is there any thing Men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?We keep making the same mistakes in our lives over and over even though we know it is bad for us.
I never saw an oft-transplanted tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be.To much change can be bad, changing things constantly can cause problems, better to live a settled, predictable life.
Who has deceived thee so oft as thy self?Be honest with yourself first.