He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.
Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.