Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.

Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.

An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.