The Triumph Of Hope Over Experience.

The Truly Strong And Sound Mind Is The Mind That Can Embrace Equally Great Things And Small.

The Resolution Of The Combat Is Seldom Equal To The Vehemence Of The Charge.

Good-humor Is A State Between Gayety And Unconcern,--the Act Or Emanation Of A Mind At Leisure To Regard The Gratification Of Another.

Ignorance Cannot Always Be Inferred From Inaccuracy; Knowledge Is Not Always Present.

A Soldier's Time Is Passed In Distress And Danger, Or In Idleness And Corruption.