The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed eventually to pass into the same silence, will fight against oblivion and for a long time hold their own.
The declaration of love may come sooner than expected. Take time before you reciprocate as this may simply be a statement of what they expect from you.
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart.
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.
Whatever is to make us better and happy God has placed either openly before us or close to us.
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.
The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.
If you would judge, understand.
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
They who have light in themselves will not revolve as satellites.