I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!

All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.