Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.

The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.

What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.