When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen of a prosperous city, he is much more likely to recover. Seeing, then, that States can bear the misfortunes of individuals, but individuals cannot bear the misfortunes of States, let us all stand by our country.