If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

War is the business of barbarians.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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.