Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.

The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.