When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.
Those who follow the banners oreason are like the well-disciplined battalions which, wearing a more sober uniform and making a less dazzling show than the light troops commanded by imagination, enjoy more safety, and even more honor, in the conflicts ohuman life.
What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.
He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes.
It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.
Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.