The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.
God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.
All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon