The fear of war is worse than war itself.
Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.
This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.