Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
Well done is better than well said.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.