The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.