Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Many men build as cathedrals are built-the part nearest the ground finished, but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.