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The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.

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

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.