The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
The word impossible is not French.
The army is the true nobility of our country.
I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.