A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.
Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.