We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
Equality should be the chief basis of the education of youth.
My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.
It is cowardice to commit suicide.
In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.