Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and the son conceals the misconduct of the father. Uprightness is to be found in this.

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.