If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

In Russia there are no roads - only areas.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

France will always be a great nation.

We are nothing but by the law.

Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.

Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?