Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.