ethics
“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
“Fear prophets, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them.”
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.”
“What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult to each other?”
“A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.”
“Prevention is better than cure.”
“What you are will show in what you do.”
“It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly.”
“Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think.”
“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
“Wherever God erects a house of prayer, the devil always builds a chapel there.”
“Above all, don't lie to yourself.”
“If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”
“Conquer yourself rather than the world.”