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

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?

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

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.