Whatever is unfortunate in war, is severely so indeed, and whatever, on the contrary, is called good fortune, is a savage and a cruel good fortune, an ungenerous happiness deriving its existence from another's woe.
Necazul dintr-un război, oricât de mare e, dinpotrivă, numit noroc, un noroc cumplit şi crud, o fericire meschină derivată din durerea altuia.