Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.

He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.