 The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. |
| Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows. |
| Let the path be open to talent. |
| Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. |
| When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. |
| Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. |
| It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. |
| Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. |
| Medicines are only fit for old people. |
| Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. |
| Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. |
| Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult. |
| Respect the burden. |
| Imagination rules the world. |
| History is a set of lies agreed upon. |
| Ability is nothing without opportunity. |
| Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. |
| What is history but a fable agreed upon? |
| A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets. |
| The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. |
