“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”

“The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy”

“In this world, a man must either be anvil or hammer”

“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards”

“Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.”

“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him”