The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post

No sane man will dance.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of being some day a commander

If a man could mount to heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had some one to share in his pleasure