I think these things ( firearms ) were invented by Satan himself, for they can't be defended against with (ordinary) weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what's coming.

They are splendidly built ( Italian Hospitals ), the best food and drink are at hand, the attendants are very diligent, the physicians are learned, the beds an…

For the history of the centuries that have passed since the birth of Christ nowhere reveals conditions like those of the present. There has never been such bui…

But the Jews are so hardened that they listen to nothing; though overcome by testimonies they yield not an inch. It is a pernicious race, oppressing all men by…

If you're actually certain that you're hitting only a concentration of enemy troops... then it's pretty good because those steel pellets will go straight throu…

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you m…

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as ever, created enormous casualties on both sides.