Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Liberty and equality are magical words.

I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.

God is on the side of the heaviest cannon.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

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.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.