Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.

Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.