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.

I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

The only victory over love is flight.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.