The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-12
APHORISMS OF NAPOLEON THE
GREAT

| There are calumnieS against which
even innocence loses courage.
He who is unmoved by tears has no
heart.
1t is the cause, and not the death
| that makes the martyr
! Military bravery has nothing in COM
Cmon with civil courage.
| The conscience is the inviolable asy-
lum of the liberty of man.
Grief has its bounds, which must
not be exceeded.
All predictions are impostures. the
| result Of fraud, folly, or fanaticism.
Experience is the true wisdom of ma
tons.
Greatness is nothing unless it be
lasting.
The best way to cure the body is to
quiet the mind.
Fortune has always been the first
title to consideration.
Girls cannot be better brought I'D
than by their mother; public education
is not suitable to them.
There is no more fatal misfortune for
man than to allow himself to be gov
erned by his wife; in such case he is
neither himself nor his wife; he is sim
ply nothing.
In great crises it is woman's lot to
soften our misfortunes.
Fanaticism must be lu1led first in or
der that tt may be uprooted.
Nothing is done while something still
remains to be done.
The woman We love Is always the
most beautiful of her sex.
When frmness is sufficient rashness
is unnecessary.
Great men are those who can control
both good luck and fortune.
He who fears being conquered is sure
of defeat.
The greater the man the less will
should he have; he depends on circum-
stances and events.
It is never wise to inf1ame hatred.
nor to render ones self odious.
A true man hates no one.
1t is in times of difficulty that great
men and great nations display all the
energy of their character, and become
an object of admiration to posterity.
Men are not so ungrateful as they
are said to be. If they are often com
planned of it generally happens that
the benefactor exaets more than he
has given.
Men have their virtues, their vices.
their hero1Sm, their perVerSeneSS; they
possess and exercise all that is good
and all that is bad in this world.
Men in general are but great chill
dren.
There is a similarity Of position as
regards religion and kings-each may
be dethroned.
True wisdom, in general, consists in
energetic determination.
feel as for the body to be fed
The sympathies of a totterfng nation
can add no strength to an army.
We must use water. not oil, to
quench theological volcanoes.
A glutton will defend his food like a
hero.
Power is founded upon opinion.
True civil liberty consists in the Sc
| curity of property.
Men are led by trif1es
Public instruction should be the first
object of government
Public esteem is the reward OF hon
est men.
We must either strike or be stricken.
The government of many is anarchy.
Cruelty can only be justified by nee
essity.
The most trihing circumstances pro-
duce the greatest results.
A minister Of state should never al
low a woman to approach his cabinet.
Frenchmen know not how to form
conspiracies.
The world must be governed without
regard to individual actions
A military government is favorable
to royal authority.
A prince casts liberty aside when it
throws impediments in his path.
/ command or | am silent
1t is not easy to check the people
when they are once set in motion.
In politics there is a wide gulf be-
tween promises and performances,