They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

Every man carries with him the world in which he must live.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. [It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then believe in success, and only cross the failure bridge if you come to it!]

Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and often its awakener.

In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere born free, any more than they are everywhere in chains, unless these be of their own individual making.

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

What has life given me? The beginning is fire, the end is a heap of ashes, and between the end and the beginning lies all the pain in the world.

A cool breeze stirred my hair at that moment, as the night wind began to come down from the hills, but it felt like a breath from another world.