I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.

Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards

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!

I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.