The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.

Tell a man what he may not sing and he is still half free; even all free, if he never wanted to sing it. But tell him what he must sing, take up his time with it so that his true voice cannot sound even in secret -- there, I have seen is slavery.

It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies.

Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask.

An audience of twenty thousand, sitting on its hands, could not have produced such an echoing silence.

It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.