In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

The French complain of everything, and always.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

France needs nothing so much to promote her regeneration as good mothers.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Medicines are only fit for old people.