Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.
Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous
Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly. . . .
Make use of your friends by being of use to them.
The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.
Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain.