“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”

“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”

“Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.”

“99% percent of failures are the ones who make excuses.”

“Its good to live alone than to live in a bad company”

“99% of failures come from people who make excuses.”

“There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”