Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

There is always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life !.

There is always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life !.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have read more

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.

Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.