If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by read more

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.

All that glisters is not gold.

All that glisters is not gold.

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]

To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]

Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to read more

Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.