Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.

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.

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

I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.