Men are ruled by toys.

History is written by the winners.

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.