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

Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

There shall be no Alps.

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.

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