True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school of the good soldier.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.