I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.