I never really said all those things I said
He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.
Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.
Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.
If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.