If you love those who love you what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Do your little bit of good where you are its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

Those disputing contradicting and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes but they never get good will which would be of more use to them.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first therefore to seek them blindfold and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Treat those who are good with goodness and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.