For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.

They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.

For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

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

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.

You shouldn't feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven't tasted, but for the one you are about to lose