Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
From Napoleon Bonaparte
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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