Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.
There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.
Opportunities? I make opportunities.
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.