A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.

Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.

Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.