“Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours (A good sketch is better than a long speech)”

“Nothing is lost as long as courage remains”

“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”

“A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.”

“I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.”

“Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.”

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