Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
Valor is the soldier's adornment.
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.