The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

Imagination rules the world.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.