As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
Lost time is never found again.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
One today is worth two tomorrows.
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends.