When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable.

Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.

Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve.

A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

What is necessary is never a risk.

There are no small steps in great affairs.