The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

The worse the man, the better the soldier.

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.