If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.

Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

... even though we belong to three different religions. We are alike in so many more ways than we are different.

Be authentic, not a copycat.

For the first time in my life I realized what a horrible, miserable, salvationless hell it is to be without money.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.

Intolerance of dissent is a well-noted feature of the American national character.

There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good.

Ethical inquiry has always been motivated by the aim of improving human conduct. It doesn't follow from that that the goal is to produce a complete rule book that would be applicable to all cases.

You'll never go wrong when you work with someone smarter than you.