One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.

What do you take me for, an idiot?

These people really aim very badly.

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

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

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.