It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.