“Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.”

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

When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

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

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.

Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.