A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not fear death.

When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready.

To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

Men are led by trifles.

Time is the great art of man.

A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

Where flowers degenerate man cannot live.