Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck.
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one area of my writing that I think I've got surer at as I've evolved.
A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.
Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure.
And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
