The things that we want we willingly believe, and the things that we think we expect everyone else to think.

Men's minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent.

In war, important events result from trivial causes.

Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef.

It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.

If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition.

Men gladly believe what they wish. -Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt