Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.

History paints the human heart.

Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.