Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

To be believed make the truth unbelievable.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.