Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

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

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.

We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.