Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

Meaningful silence is better than meaningless words.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Speak not, but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

After all, the only proper intoxication is conversation.

These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

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

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.

History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie.

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.