Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.
Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.
Promptly improve your accidents.
History is the invention of historians.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.