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

There are no small steps in great affairs.

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.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.

Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.