The French complain of everything, and always.

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.

In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.