I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.
War,--the trade of barbarians!
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
He is almost a statesman. He lies well.