The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity.

Necessity is not a fact; it's an interpretation.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

So live your life of obedience and of war! What matter about long life! What warrior wisheth to be spared!

Spirit is the life that itself cuts into life: with its own torment it increases its own knowledge. Did you already know that?

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.