A true man hates no one.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

It is cowardice to commit suicide.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.