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.

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Generals are not to be too scrupulous.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.