He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.