The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

A general must be a charlatan.

God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way around.

The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all.

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

God is on the side of the heaviest cannon.