Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion.

Treason seldom dwells with courage.

Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor; while the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.

Good wine needs neither bush nor preface to make it welcome. And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.