"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."

"Friendship is but a name; I love nobody. I do not even love my brothers. Perhaps Joseph, a little, from habit and because he is my elder."

"There is no such thing as an accident; it is only a consequence of a neglected duty."

"There for awhile I thought the jig was up. I told myself: this is act one of the cage story. Caulaincourt had better start learning to growl like a bear."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."