Forethought We May Have, Undoubtedly, But Not

If I Always Appear Prepared, It Is Because Before Entering An Undertaking, I Have Meditated Long And Have Foreseen What Might Occur. It Is Not Genius Which Reveals To Me Suddenly And Secretly What I Should Do In Circumstances Unexpected By Others; It Is Thought And Preparation

In Tragedy Great Men Are More Truly Great Than In History. We See Them Only In The Crises Which Unfold Them.

The People Excited By Ambitious Demagogues, Sooner Or Later Return Into The Hands Of The Aristocracy.

To Make Yourself Understood To People, One Must First Speak To Their Eyes

It Is A Mistake, Too, To Say That The Face Is The Mirror Of The Soul. The Truth Is, Men Are Very Hard To Know, And Yet, Not To Be Deceived, We Must Judge Them By Their Present Actions, But For The Present Only.