Unavailable Wars Are Always Just.

If Fifty Thousand Men Were To Die For The Good Of The State, I Certainly Would Weep For Them, But Political Necessity Comes Before Everything Else.

Suicide Is A Crime The Most Revolting To The Feelings; Nor Does Any Reason Suggest Itself To Our Understanding By Which It Can Be Justified. It Certainly Originates In That Species Of Fear Which We Denominate Poltroonery. For What Claim Can That Man Have To Courage Who Trembles At The Frowns Of Fortunes? True Heroism Consists In Being Superior To The Ills Of Life In Whatever Shape They May Challenge Him To Combat.

Medicines Are Only Fit For Old People.

Unity Of Command Is Essential To The Economy Of Time. Warfare In The Field Was Like A Siege: By Directing All One's Force To A Single Point A Breach Might Be Made, And The Equilibrium Of Opposition Destroyed.

Public Morals Are Natural Complement Of All Laws They Are By Themselves An Entire Code.