Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.