Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Discipline is, in a manner, nothing else but the art of inspiring the soldiers with greater fear of their officers than of the enemy. This fear has often the effect of courage: but it cannot prevail against the fierce and obstinate valor of people animated by fanaticism, or warm love of their country.

By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.