Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

A man becomes the creature of his uniform.

All things proclaim the existence of God.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.

He is almost a statesman. He lies well.

From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same -- majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.

I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire.

Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits.

Men are ruled by toys.

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot.

My enemies make appointments at my tomb.

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island without a beach.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.