Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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?
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Old age is a shipwreck.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)