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

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men;.... Consequently, it may be repressed with impunity. Equality, on the other hand, pleases the masses.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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