I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.