For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.