Rash combat oft immortalizes man; if he should fall, he is renowned in song; but after-ages reckon not the ceaseless tears which the forsaken woman sheds. Poets tell us not of the many nights consumed in weeping, or of the dreary days wherein her anguished soul vainly yearns to call her loved one back.

I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.

Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution.

We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

Ambition and love are the wings of great actions.