Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. – Adam Smith
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. – Dwight D Eisenhower
It is the final test of a gentleman—his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. – William Lyon Phelps, quoted in Golden Book Magazine, July 1935