Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Quote by George Washington

Topics: Courtesy Quotes

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model...

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean...

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean...

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from...

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from...

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are...

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are...

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy...

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not

And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists...

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists...