The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less.
A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.
Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety.