It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. – Jean de la Bruyere

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak and at last some crisis shows what we have become. – Brooke Foss Westcott

Mens arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. – Charles Caleb Colton