The greatest truths are the simplest: so likewise are the greatest men. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request. – Arthur Helps, Essays Written in Intervals of Business, 1841
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it. – James Fenimore Cooper
Soldiers, when committed to a task, cant compromise. Its unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until its been done. – John Keegan