Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
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.
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
