Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage.
The wise man will love; all others will desire.
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
In war, truth is the first casualty.
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.