Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power - power in its most despotic exercise - absolute power, universal power, power to control the world by the volition of a single man. Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms - and at the same time the greatest and most enormous of abuses.

The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all.