To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends.

...mastery of the art and spirit of the Germanic language enables a man to travel all day in one sentence without changing cars.

Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.

Compliments make me vain: & when I am vain, I am insolent & overbearing. It is a pity, too, because I love compliments. I love them even when they are not so. My child, I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat.

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.