Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your read more

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your own self-love might impair your judgement.

You may know a man by the company he keeps

You may know a man by the company he keeps

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only read more

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.

To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past