A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts.

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it

Love is rarely a hypocrite; but hate--how detect and how guard against it! It lurks where you least expect it; it is created by causes that you can the least foresee; and civilization multiplies its varieties, whilst it favors its disguise.

Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

Remedy your deficiencies, and your merits will take care of themselves. Every man has in him good and evil. His good is his valiant army, his evil is his corrupt commissariat; reform the commissariat and the army will do its duty.