Nothing is lost as long as courage remains

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.

History is written by the winners.

Let the path be open to talent.

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.