An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

He is almost a statesman. He lies well.

All systems of morality are fine. The gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality, divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few common-place sentences put into bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.