In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.

Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time

To be an object of hatred and aversion to their contemporaries has been the usual fate of all those whose merit has raised them above the common level. The man who submits to the shafts of envy for the sake of noble objects pursues a judicious course for his own lasting fame. Hatred dies with its object, while merit soon breaks forth in full splendor, and his glory is handed down to posterity in never-dying strains.