An army is strengthened by labor and enervated by idleness.

If you want peace, prepare for the war.

In war, discipline is superior to strength; but if that discipline is neglected there is no longer any difference between the soldier and the peasant.

Who would desire peace should be prepared for war.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline.

No great dependence is to be placed on the eagerness of young soldiers for action...fighting is agreeable to those who are strangers to it.

Valor is superior to number.

The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.

When men find they must inevitably perish, they willingly resolve to die with their comrades and with their arms in their hands.

Opportunity in war is usually of greater value than bravery... Terrain is often of more value than bravery... Bravery is of more value than numbers.

Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it.

Sneaking was a kind of deceit. So was disguise. Just past midnight, wearing dark trousers and Fox's hood, the queen snuck out of her own rooms and stepped into a world of stories and lies.

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

I don't mind demanding women.

Il ne fallait jamais faire des expériences pour confirmer ses idées, mais simplement pour les contrôler. We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.

Well-bred English people never have imagination.

The language of truth is simple.

Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.

I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.

Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.