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

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.

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

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

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

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

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.