In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.