• Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.

    Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.
    Quoted in E. A. de Las Cases, Memorial de Ste-Helene (1823) (entry for 4 - 5 Dec. 1815)