“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”

Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

I do not label anyone as wrong or bad. I accept them and my respect heal them.

A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you’re willing to pay the price.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.

My soul transforms itself into a mode of good or bad in direct relation with the way you treat and value me.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.