"To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them."

"I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplis…"

"Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: he that fears otherwise, gives advantage to the danger."

"The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation."

"John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: "Foote, I have often wondered what catastrophe would bring you to your end; but I…"

"If it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change."

"Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning."

"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for the…"

"Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."

"They that touch pitch will be defiled."