“He that would govern others first should be master of himself.”

“He should know that whoever undertakes the government of souls must prepare himself to account for them.”

“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

“Man’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master.”

“It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to the laws of his being, which will never be one of opposition to a just government, if he should chance to meet with such.”

“Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.”