In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes

War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

For we both alike know that into the discussion of human affairs the question of justice enters only where the pressure of necessity is equal, and that the powerful exact what they can, and the weak grant what they must.