The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

Suicide is a crime the most revolting to the feelings; nor does any reason suggest itself to our understanding by which it can be justified. It certainly originates in that species of fear which we denominate poltroonery. For what claim can that man have to courage who trembles at the frowns of fortunes? True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life in whatever shape they may challenge him to combat.