You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.

Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness. It is the finest insurance against old age, against the growth of physical disability, of the lack and loss of animal delights.

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.