Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.

Wherever there's trouble, look for a priest.

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.

Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime.