Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?

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

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

There is a joy in danger.