True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

Don't use cannon to kill musquito.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.

I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.