The Purely Defensive Is Doomed

The Torment Of Precautions Often Exceeds The Dangers To Be Avoided. It Is Sometimes Better To Abandon One's Self To Destiny.

France Has More Need Of Me Than I Have Need Of France.

Among So Many Conflicting Ideas And So Many Different Perspectives, The Honest Man Is Confused And Distressed And The Skeptic Becomes Wicked ... Since One Must Take Sides, One Might As Well Choose The Side That Is Victorious, The Side Which Devastates, Loots, And Burns. Considering The Alternative, It Is Better To Eat Than To Be Eaten.

God! How Men Of Letters Are Stupid.

I May Have Had Many Projects, But I Never Was Free To Carry Out Any Of Them.