“We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.”

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?”

“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.”

“The most privileged position, in life as in society, is that of an educated soldier. Rough warriors, at any rate, remain true to their character, and as great strength is usually the cover for good nature, we get on with them at need.”

“‎It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.”

“The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognising a truth which has already been recognised by others.”