Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
Moral wounds have this peculiarity, – they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
I am not proud, but I am happy, and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
As a general rule,’he had once said, ‘people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or, if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.’
All human wisdom is summed up in these two words, – ‘Wait and Hope’.