Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.
Fact is stranger than fiction.
A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.