Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

There is a joy in danger.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.