Adversity is the midwife of genius
The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.