"People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after."
"If thou desire to see thy child virtuous, let him not see his fathers vices: thou canst not rebuke that in them, that they behold practised in thee; till reason be ripe, examples direct more than precepts: such as thy behaviour is before thy childrens faces, such commonly is theirs behind their parents backs."
"Lexemple est un dangereux leurre; Où la guêpe a passé, le moucheron demeure."
"Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyd."
"Content to follow when we lead the way."
"We must give them hope, pride, a desire to fight. Yes, we need to make examples. But examples to follow. What we need.. are heroes."
"What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves."