There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.