Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.

The existing phrasebooks are inadequate. They are well enough as far as they go, but when you fall down and skin your leg they don't tell you what to say.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

To avoid lying, do nothing that needs covering.