France will always be a great nation.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

A true man hates no one.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.