We Live And Die In The Midst

Against Attempts On My Life, I Trust In My Luck, My Good Genius, And My Guards.

True Wisdom, In General, Consists In Energetic Determination.

In War, Three-quarters Turns On Personal Character And Relations; The Balance Of Manpower And Materials Counts Only For The Remaining Quarter.

I May Be Accused Or Rashness, But Not Sluggishness.

People Take England On Trust, And Repeat That Shakespeare Is The Greatest Of All Authors. I Have Read Him: There Is Nothing That Compares Racine Or Corneille: His Plays Are Unreadable, Pitiful.