I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

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.

Never relinquish the initiative.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

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

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.