Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.

Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just contempt of an enemy can alone arise in those who feel that they are superior to their opponent by the prudence of their measures.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.