Modesty

One should eat to live, not live to eat

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much

Liberality consists rather in giving reasonably than much

Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think

Joy and temperance and repose - slam the door on the doctor's nose

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

Conquer, but don't triumph

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure

And gain is gain, however small

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life