Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

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.

The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.

When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.