PRIDE
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Humility makes great men twice honorable.
To be proud of virtue is to poison yourself with the antidote.
RELATIONSHIPS
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
SUCCESS
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
HAPPINESS
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
Profound thoughts from a great founding father, grandfather, uncle. The epitaph on his tombstone is also enlightening.