If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.

Life is a compromise between fate and free will.

Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Whom the Gods love die young no matter how long they live.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.