"The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague."

"All religions have been made by men."

"The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know."

"Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult."

"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."

"Let the path be open to talent."

"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view."

"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue."

"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them."

"The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny."

"To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god."

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

"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity."

"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other."

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."

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

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets."

"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet."

"A true man hates no one."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."

"One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent."

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

"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains."

"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination."

"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."

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"

"Respect the burden."

"Imagination rules the world."

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

"A picture is worth a thousand words."

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them."

"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."

"A leader is a dealer in hope."

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."

"Women are nothing but machines for producing children."

"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."

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

"The human race is governed by its imagination."

"Medicines are only fit for old people."

"Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight."

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies."

"In politics stupidity is not a handicap."

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."

"The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man."

"In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake."

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."