Little Liberties Are Great Offenses.

If You Wish Me Well, Do Not Stand Pitying Me, But Lend Me Some Succour As Fast As You Can; For Pity Is But Cold Comfort When One Is Up To The Chin In Water, And Within A Hair's Breadth Of Starving Or Drowning.

Conceit May Bring About One's Own Downfall.

Persuasion Is Often More Effectual Than Force.

Obscurity Brings Safety.

No Act Of Kindness, No Matter How Small, Is Ever Wasted.