Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.