Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.

The Blessings-of-Civilization Trust, wisely and cautiously administered, is a Daisy. There is more money in it, more territory, more sovereignty, and other kin…

To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

I hope you're not leading a double life, pretending to be wicked while being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.

Handle gut und anstandig, weniger anderen zu gefallen, eher um deine eigene Achtung nicht zu verscherzen.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.