Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

He that is rich is wise.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows it might be a diamond in the rough.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished or the luster of it will never appear.

A rich man is an honest man—no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he had no need of it: he has no occasion to press upon his integrity, nor so much as to touch upon the borders of dishonesty.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond; and must be polished, or the lustre of it will never appear.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.

He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

A man must be strong in that profession, he must have vigor of body and mind, yet I am all out of breath if I walk up a hill; I have not the heart to crush even a fly.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is.

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.