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

“What is a throne? — a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state— I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public—people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.”

“Able was I ere I saw Elba”

“There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind”

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

“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.”

“Goals are dreams with a deadline.”