In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things... Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of man.