Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your read more

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your own self-love might impair your judgement.

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our read more

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and read more

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.

You may know a man by the company he keeps

You may know a man by the company he keeps

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is read more

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.