Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.

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.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Leaders deal in hope.