The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
An empty throne always tempts me.
Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.
Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.
Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.