Woe to the conquered.
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.