Physician, help yourself: thus help your patient too. Let this be his best help: that he may behold with his eyes the man who heals himself.

Are you one who looks on? or lends a hand? - or who looks away, sidles off?...Third question for the conscience.

Do you want to go along with others? or go on ahead? or go off on your own?...you must know what you want and that you want. Fourth question for the conscience.

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves

Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy.

The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles.