The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.
All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.
I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.
I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed.
The word impossible is not French.
Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.