Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same--majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

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.