"Imitation is the sincerest of flattery."

"Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give."

"Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."

"The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility."

"To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it."

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

"Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk."

"If it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!"

"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."

"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."