Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.

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

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.

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

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

A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we call mad.