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

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains

It’s the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

A true man hates no one.

Avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

One finds one’s destiny on the path one takes to avoid it.

What we avoid, controls us.

Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name.

There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.