“Qu'est ce que l'histoire, sinon une fable sur laquelle tout le monde est d'accord.”

“Le mot impossible n'est pas français.”

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

“Quel roman pourtant que ma vie!”

“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.”