Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.
He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
We are what we repeatedly do.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.