Treason is a matter of dates.
Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.
A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.
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