Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
Adversity reminds men of religion.
Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.