"Wealth is with us rather an opportunity for action than a subject for boasting."

"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."

"We do not copy our neighbors, but are an example to them."

"We place our trust not in preparations and stratagems, but in our own native courage."

"We do not get into a state with our next-door neighbour if he enjoys himself in his own way, nor do we shoot him the kind of black looks which, though they do no real harm, still vex an honest man. We…"