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

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

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.]

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

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.