Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

There is no new knowledge, it already exists in the universe.

All humans are born with raw creativity ability, but not all creativities are created equal.

I’m pretty sure there are some things in the dark that we’re not meant to see.

The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Inches make a champion.

People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community.

The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone.

"Value added" is a meaningless concept for a retail business , for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not primarily engaged in manufacturing.