“What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.”

“When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.”

“The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep”

“About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.”

“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.”

“A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.”

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”