I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.