“Глупакът има голямо предимство пред образования човек: той винаги е доволен от себе си”

“Човек винаги е свикнал да дири причините и за доброто, и за лошото вън от себе си. А те са вътре в нас.”

“Es gibt keine andere Unsterblichkeit als die Erinnerung, die man im Geiste der Menschen zurücklässt.”

“Women Knit”

“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.”

“My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.”

“All great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.”