It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him for the one is only belief – the other contempt.
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.