Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.