Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!