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

Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.

You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.