Time discovers truth.

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.

What difference does it make, after all, what your position in life is if you dislike it yourself?

Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.

To the stars through difficulties.

The Germans, a race eager for war.