Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.
It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.
They wanted me to be a Washington.
Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.