I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

One king, one law, one faith.

It is legal because I wish it.

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of the State make it expedient to do so.

Only small minds want always to be right.

The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Has God forgotten everything I've done for him ?

First feelings are always the most natural.

What liberate us is what we live to serve.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

L'homme n'est ni ange ni be" te, et le malheur veut que qui veut faire l'ange fait la be" te. Man is neither angel nor beast.Unfortunately, he who wants to act the angel often acts the beast.

Leaving his country for his country's sake.

Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.

Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.

The real test of love is when a person—including you—can know your weaknesses, your stupidities and your smallnesses, and still love you.

We can contemplate the creation of new kinds of vital texts: curate sociology rather than just write it

I feel the popular music of a certain time really tells you a lot about what life was like in that period.

But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition.