Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.
Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.
The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.
Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory