Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

There is a joy in danger.

I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.

If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.

Men, in general, are but great children.

More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.