“It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.”

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.

United we stand; divided we fall.

One story sounds good until another is told.

Self-help is the best help.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.

Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.

In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.

Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.

In the old days, the media is who held people accountable when they lied in politics. That isn’t happening anymore.

Being held accountable for racism and feeling shame is not the same thing as being shamed.

There is no justice without accountability.

The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.