All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

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

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 leader's role is to define reality, then give hope

True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.

Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.