Speak if it only improves upon the silence.
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.
Whatever you do is insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Honest disagreements are often a good sign of progress.
President means chief servant.
Peace is its own reward.
It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.
What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?