“This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.”

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.