If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general.

Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.

Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.