When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.

It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.