Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.

War brings out thieves and peace hangs them.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.

But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not let them rest; so that the safest course is either to destroy them, or to go and live in them.

In order not to annul our free will, I judge it true that Fortune may be mistress of one half our actions but then even she leaves the other half, or almost, under our control.

One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions, in such a way as to introduce a confusion of principles which makes impossible all understanding between those who speak the same language and have the same interests.