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.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.

Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.

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.

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.

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.