It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king.

Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it