Politicians, old buildings, and prostitutes become respectable with age.

Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection.

I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.