- We're winning!

- Who is 'we', mon Prince?

- Not a word! I will tell you tomorrow.

To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.