We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Keep cool and you command everybody.