Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.
An army marches on its stomach.
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Rascality has limits; stupidity has not.