It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation
Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.