Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.

Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.

The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.

The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it read more

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.

Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your read more

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can read more

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell read more

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.