Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.

He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.

Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men;.... Consequently, it may be repressed with impunity. Equality, on the other hand, pleases the masses.