Scoffing cometh not of wisdom.
I seek no better warrant than my own, conscience.
Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.
Remember always, that man is a creature whose reason is often darkened with error.
Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.
In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.