Quotes About Behavior

A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly, I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

If you do everything you should do, and do not do anything you should not do, you will, according to the best available statistics, live exactly eighteen hours longer than you would otherwise.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs.

The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

Never throw mud. You may miss your mark; but you must have dirty hands.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

He who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.

Any man will usually get from other men what he is expecting from them. If he is looking for friendship, he will likely receive it. If his attitude is that of indifference, it will beget indifference. And if a man is looking for a fight, he will in all likelihood be accommodated in that.

Once a gentleman, always a gentleman.

Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do.

The test of any man lies in action.

By his deeds we know a man.