In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.