From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.

Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.

A general must be a charlatan.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.