Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.