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

Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same.

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.

In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.

There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.