Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous private one.

Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.

It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends.

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.

A man who never trusts himself never trusts anyone.

Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous private one.

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.