Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
George Washington
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- Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
- It is better to be alone than in bad company.
- It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
- Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
- My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.