He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.

The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.

They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

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

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.