I made all my generals out of mud.
Opportunities? I make opportunities.
Fashion condemns us to many follies, the greatest is to make oneself its slave.
We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.
Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.