Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.

Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.

Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage is strengthened by small perils that prepare them to face greater dangers. Some are daring when facing swords but dread facing bullets; others dread bullets little but fear facing swords a lot.

One honor won is a surety for more.

The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel trust in others.