Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.

Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Great is he, who conquers the frightful. Sublime is he, who, while succumbing to it, fears it not.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.