Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

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?

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.