When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it seems to have given up the ghost, and behold! the next day it is as healthy as ever.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy