Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.

Hope is the biggest of our foolish things.

We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.

I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the mediocre masses make very few demands of the mediocrities of a higher order, submitting stupidly and cheerfully to their guidance