“Let thy words be few”
“Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.”
“Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice”
“Let thy discontents be thy secrets”
“Such as thy words are such will thine affections be esteemed and such as thine affections will be thy deeds and such as thy deeds will be thy life ...”
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”