Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.

The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

All religions have been made by men.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.