I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me