One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom!

My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

France will always be a great nation.

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.