To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.

A true man hates no one.

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.