It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.

It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.

Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived.

As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that they may not at some time be able to repay an obligation. Therefore, what benevolence would dictate, prudence would confirm.

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.

My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.

Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.