It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
Haste in every business brings failures.
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Chances rule men and not men chances.
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
Great things are won by great dangers.