There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.

There is nothing against which an old man should be so much upon his guard as putting himself to nurse.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Inquiries into the heart are not for man.