“It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.”

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.

Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.

He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

The future does not belong to men.

You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.

Some people would love to have your bad days.

Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.

Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.

If fire wasn’t bad enough the gods gave us love so if flames failed to burn us down we had each other still.

Bad experience in life does not mean that the story is going to be the same.

Through it, all smile and try to enjoy life through the good times and bad.

Society tells you to leave when somebody treats you badly but its so much harder than it seems.