The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage is strengthened by small perils that prepare them to face greater dangers. Some are daring when facing swords but dread facing bullets; others dread bullets little but fear facing swords a lot.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

We often make use of envenomed praise, that reveals on the rebound, as it were, defects in those praised which we dare not exposeany other way.