“Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.”

“One must speak little. In action one must say nothing. The chief is the one who does not speak.”

“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.”

“The cemeteries are full of indispensable men.”

“China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. ”

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

“Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]”