One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

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.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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