In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.
It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.