They are sure to be esteemed bravest who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

The real disgrace of poverty is not in owning to the fact but in declining to struggle against it.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.