To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

The axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs and left him a withered trunk.

Common fluency of speech in many men and most women is owing to a scarcity of matter.

Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy, is the best bred man in company.

Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.