Victory belongs to the most persevering.
In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
After me, the Revolution - or, rather the ideas which formed it - will resume their course. It will be like a book from which the marker is removed, and one starts to read again at the page where one left off.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.