There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
Robert E. LeeThe trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems to be true. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
Robert E. LeeAs a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
Robert E. Lee