Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.

The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

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.

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.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.