A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.
Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.
To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.
England is a nation of shopkeepers.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.