Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. They consider it as the most sublime kind of merit. Menof cool reflection are not so sanguine in their praises of it.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

Self-confidence is divine force.

The cost of a range of appropriate courses and training activities is much less than the cost of incompetence.

We are not called to be christians, we are called to be like Christ.

The only thing sadder than hateful people’s willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige.

being a harp which the least wind of emotion from another’s heart could make to vibrate as readily as a radical stir in her own.

Vanity prevents improvement

Our debt to our men and women in uniform is eternal, always will be. To all of those who have served this nation, I say so strongly that I will never, ever let you down.

There is nothing so strong as the force of love; there is no love so forcible as the love of an affectionate mother to her natural child.

I tend not to get too emotional about things.

Those whom we first love we seldom marry