A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.
The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
War,--the trade of barbarians!
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.