There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.
He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.