War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.
A good sketch is better than a long speech.
One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.
The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all.