Pride Indemnifies Itself And Loses

Some Allow Themselves To Be Overcome By Panic, And Others Charge Because They Dare Not Remain At Their Posts. Some May Be Found Whose Courage Is Strengthened By Small Perils That Prepare Them To Face Greater Dangers. Some Are Daring When Facing Swords But Dread Facing Bullets; Others Dread Bullets Little But Fear Facing Swords A Lot.

Some People Are So Extremely Whiffling And Inconsiderable That They Are As Far From Any Real Faults As From Substantial Virtues.

To Praise Great Actions Is In Some Sense To Share Them.

The Fame Of Great Men Ought To Be Judged Always By Their Big, Fancy Names.

Tricks And Treachery Are Merely Proofs Of Lack Of Skill.