Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
The unknown always passes for the marvellous.