There is no waste of time like making excuses.
Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.