"Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes." - LORD CHESTERFIELD, Letters to His Son

"The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear." - Burke, Edmund (1729-1797) Speech on Conciliation with America (House of Commons) 22 Mar 1775

"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution." - Gibran, Kahlil