Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.

In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.