I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Suicide is a crime the most revolting to the feelings; nor does any reason suggest itself to our understanding by which it can be justified. It certainly originates in that species of fear which we denominate poltroonery. For what claim can that man have to courage who trembles at the frowns of fortunes? True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life in whatever shape they may challenge him to combat.