Alas, The Transports Beauty Can Inspire!

Great Warriors, Like Great Earthquakes, Are Principally Remembered For The Mischief They Have Done.

Neither Love Nor Ambition, As It Has Often Been Shown, Can Brook A Division Of Its Empire In The Heart.

Weakness Ineffectually Seeks To Disguise Itself,--like A Drunken Man Trying To Show How Sober He Is.

Every War Involves A Greater Or Less Relapse Into Barbarism. War, Indeed, In Its Details, Is The Essence Of Inhumanity. It Dehumanizes. It May Save The State, But It Destroys The Citizen.

Heaven Lent You A Soul, Earth Will Lend A Grave.