Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.

The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

Treason is a matter of dates.