Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

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

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.

Imagination rules the world.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.