Adm James D. Watkins Quotes

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

To-day is the pupil of yesterday.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.

Learn to see in another`s calamity the ills which you should avoid.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

You should not live one way in private, another in public.

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Never promise more than you can perform.

We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly.

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.