A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.
The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
Rashness succeeds often, still more often fails.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Men, in general, are but great children.