"There is no great genius without some touch of madness"
"There is no delight in owning anything unshared"
"There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it"
"There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich"
"There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality"
"Love in its essence is spiritual fire"
"Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb"
"Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters"
"Life, if well lived, is long enough"
"Life is warfare"
"Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity"
"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands"
"It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult"
"It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin"
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness"
"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory"
"In war there is no prize for runner-up"
"One must steer, not talk"
"One crime has to be concealed by another"
"Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself"
"Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes"
"Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly"
"If you judge, investigate"
"If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail"
