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.

Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.

I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.

To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.