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

I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner.

To dare, and again dare, and forever dare!

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring.

You [Robespierre] will follow us soon. Your house will be beaten down and salt sown in the place where it stood.

Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.