It is good to sleep in a whole skin.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.

Lie to a liar, for lies are his coin; steal from a thief, for that is easy; lay a trap for a trickster and catch him at first attempt, but beware of an honest man.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Perfect wisdom has four parts; Wisdom, the principle of doing things right. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

But what is happiness except for the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.

I have met men who are habitual liars. They have lied so long that they no longer can distinguish between the truth and a lie. Their sensitivity to sin has been almost completely deadened.

Howsoever you may repair it, a rift is a rift.

The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.

A leader's greatness is found in bringing out greatness in others.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.