Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.
Ambition becomes displeasing when it is once satiated; there is a reaction; and as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always aiming toward some object, it falls back on itself, having nothing else on which to rest; and having reached the summit, it longs to descend.
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
Ambition aspires to descend
I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years.
A good memory is needed after one has lied.