Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of los…

I do not see why I should e'er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held …

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

To obtain credibility, an unending series of daily correct actions are necessary. To lose it, one mistake is enough.