The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

History is the invention of historians.

Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.