The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. – William Temple
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. – William Temple
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. – William Temple
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. – William Temple
When we look on the characters of man and woman, we cannot but perceive that neither is perfect by itself, but that each needs the other for its perfection…. Hence the one must be softened by tender emotions, and the other strengthened by firmness. – Frederick A. Rauch, Psychology; or, A View of the Human Soul: Including Anthropo