The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.
What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!
We are nothing but by the law.
Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.