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

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 su….

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 ….

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

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself..

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