Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.

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

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

We should wash our dirty linen at home.