Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.

It is also important to guard against mistaking for good-nature what is properly good-humor,--a cheerful flow of spirits and easy temper not readily annoyed, which is compatible with great selfishness.

Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a great good to a less.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.