The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.

Life without learning is death.

Ability without honor is useless.

Nature has circumscribed the field of life within small dimensions, but has left the field of glory unmeasured.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.