Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
Lord ChesterfieldThe best way to compel weak-minded people to adopt our opinion, is to frighten them from all others, by magnifying their danger.
Lord ChesterfieldLet it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the information of others.
Lord Chesterfield