Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.
The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing us from sloth, impart to us that continuous and earnest attention necessary to great intellectual efforts.
Education made us what we are.
Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs.
The man who believes he can do it is probably right.
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.