Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.