Reprisals Are But A Sad Resource.

Never Depend On The Multitude, Full Of Instability And Whims; Always Take Precautions Against It.

In War, As In Politics, No Evil - Even If It Is Permissible Under The Rules - Is Excusable Unless It Is Absolutely Necessary. Everything Beyond That Is A Crime.

Let Her Sleep, For When She Wakes, She Will Shake The World.

All Systems Of Morality Are Fine. The Gospel Alone Has Exhibited A Complete Assemblage Of The Principles Of Morality, Divested Of All Absurdity. It Is Not Composed, Like Your Creed, Of A Few Common-place Sentences Put Into Bad Verse. Do You Wish To See That Which Is Really Sublime? Repeat The Lord's Prayer.

To Have A Right Estimate Of A Man's Character, We Must See Him In Misfortune.