Observe all men, thyself most.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.
Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.