The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
Nothing is said that has not been said before.
People fail forward to success.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.