Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.

What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck; I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.