The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

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

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.