All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.
If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
Imagination rules the world.
Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.