“You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.”

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

The only victory over love is flight.

I start out by believing the worst

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Somebody does somethin’ stupid, that’s human. They don’t stop when they see it’s wrong, that’s a fool.

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?

You keep hurting my heart & I kept loving you like stupid.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.