Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.

Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.

Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.