All the great pleasures of life are silent.

War is too serious to be entrusted to generals

Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head.

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

This time it will be a long one.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he isn't a man of action.