Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,--myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould.

At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.

The most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents.

I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner.

To dare, and again dare, and forever dare!

The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies.

Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,--myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould.