You may fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
Better give your path to the dog—even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody is hindering him.
I say "try," for if we never try, we never succeed.
The pioneer in any movement is not generally the best man to bring that movement to a successful issue.
Have confidence in yourself, a valuable if not indispensable quality.
Let us judge not, that we be not judged.
When you have an elephant on hand, and he wants to run away, better let him run.
It is best not to swap horses in the middle of a stream.