My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.

To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.