Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power.

A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.