There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. |
Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people. |
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night. |
Time is the great art of man. |
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god. |
True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. |
Truth alone wounds. |
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other. |
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. |
Vanity made the [French] Revolution; liberty was only a pretext. |
Vengeance has no foresight |
Victory belongs to the most persevering. |
War is the business of barbarians |
Wash your soiled linen in private |
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. |