"Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand."

"If there is any glory in the world, it is in being a good citizen, a good brother, a good friend, and a good subject. The rest is all vanity."

"Never attempt to make a thing perfect before you have done it."

"A well-trained soldier is worth a thousand raw recruits."

"A man who is too sensitive to the world and too much given to reflection will find it hard to endure the slings and arrows of misfortune."