I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.

Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.