It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.

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.

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

Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

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