Reprisals Are But A Sad Resource.

Sometimes A Great Example Is Necessary To All The Public Functionaries Of The State.

War Must Be Made As Intense And Awful As Possible In Order To Make It Short, And Thus To Diminish Its Horrors.

An Army Of Lions Commanded By A Deer Will Never Be An Army Of Lions.

We Must Serve The People Worthily, And Not Occupy Ourselves In Trying To Please Them. The Best Way, To Gain Their Affections Is To Do Them Good.

A Man Is Not Dependent Upon His Fellow Creature, When He Does Not Fear Death.