Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.
Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me
Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.
No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.