A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.