Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

There are two levers for moving men, interest and fear.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.