The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.