Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate
The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.