Injustice in the end produces independence.

A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you."

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois