Men should be what they seem; or those that be not, would they might seem none!
This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
I like not fair terms and a villain’s mind.
You cannot make a revolution without honest men. The instinct of the populace is infallible.
When a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.
We must not make a false faith by hiding from our thoughts the causes of doubt, for faith is the highest achievement of the human intellect, the only gift man can make to God, and therefore it must be offered in sincerity.
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.[Μηκέθ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδραδιαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον.]
Tricks and treachery are merely proof of lack of skill.[Les finesses et les trahisons ne viennent que de manque d’habileté.]
Those men who will not be judged by what they say, may not deserve that we should interest ourselves in what they think.[Ces hommes qui ne veulent pas être jugés par ce qu’ils disent, pourraient bien ne pas mériter plus d’intérêt pour ce qu’ils pensent.]
The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation – that away, men are but gilded loam, or painted clay.
