The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.

To get away from one's working environment is in a sense to get away from one's self and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life no matter what may be one's aim.

First I shall name the eagle of which there are three species: the great grey eagle is the largest of great strength and high flight he chiefly preys on fawns and other young quadrupeds.

My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and through it the chief concern of the Chinese people.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.