To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to read more

To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.

Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.

Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.

Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.