Courage is always the surest wisdom.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

The surest test of discipline is its absence.

The surest way to be alone is to get married.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue.

The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Social justice is the surest guarantor of peace in the world.

Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail.

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex.

The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.

I have a rebellious nature, and being told no is almost the surest way to get me to do something.

All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

The surest way to empower the new terrorist gangs would be to withdraw from U.S. diplomatic missions.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes as it comes.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be.

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