To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes
Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.
Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.