“Great men exist that there may be greater men.”

“The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.”

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”

“Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.”

“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.”

“Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”

“Men are respectable only as they respect.”