The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.

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

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.