He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act.
Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living.
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors. But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.