Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.