Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony

For this is the tragedy of man circumstances change, but he does not.

Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant.

One must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves

Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods.

All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.

War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.