A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
