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- Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'King Lear,' Act I, Scene iv
- Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
- Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry [economy].
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
- Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
- Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
- Joel Hawes
- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
- Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
- The Talmud
- No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
- Willa Cather (1873 - 1947)
- Enquire not what boils in another's pot.
- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
- A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.
- H. Mathews
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