All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths they become facts, or at best, part of the public character or at worst, catchwords. – T. S. Eliot

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter. – Charles Caleb Colton