Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
“If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.”
“Handle your tools without mittens.”
“If you do tomorrow what you did today , you will get tomorrow what you got today”
“The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.”
“Even when one sits in the prisoner's dock, it is interesting to hear talk about oneself.”
“If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.”
“Was it my conspicuousness that distressed me? Not at all. It was merely that I was not beautifully conspicuous but uglily conspicuous - it makes all the difference in the world.”
“The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.”
“Why assume that to look is to see?”