A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.

All systems of morality are fine. The gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality, divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few common-place sentences put into bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death.

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