When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.

To think twice is quite enough.

If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.