France has no friends, only interests.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.