I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

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.

Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.

Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.

The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.