He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
France will always be a great nation.
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.