He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance. Jean Jacques Rousseau
The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect, is comed Ralph Waldo Emerson - zobacz
Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman. Ralph Waldo Emerson - zobacz
Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - zobacz
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy. Isaac Newton - zobacz
Never promise more than you can perform. Publilius Syrus - zobacz