Better Live A King, Than A Prince.

Impatience Is A Great Obstacle To Success; He Who Treats Everything With Brusqueness Gathers Nothing, Or Only Immature Fruit Which Will Never Ripen.

Conquests Will Come And Go But Delambre's Work Will Endure.

A Journalist Is A Grumbler, A Censurer, A Giver Of Advice, A Regent Of Sovereigns, A Tutor Of Nations. Four Hostile Newspapers Are More To Be Feared Than A Thousand Bayonets.

We Must Serve The People Worthily, And Not Occupy Ourselves In Trying To Please Them. The Best Way, To Gain Their Affections Is To Do Them Good.

Send Me 300 Francs; That Sum Will Enable Me To Go To Paris. There, At Least, One Can Cut A Figure And Surmount Obstacles. Everything Tells Me I Shall Succeed. Will You Prevent Me From Doing So For The Want Of 100 Crowns?