One cannot govern with 'buts'.
I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.
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.
These people really aim very badly.
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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.