In Politics... Never Retreat, Never Retract... Never

A Throne Is Only A Bench Covered With Velvet.

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

Put Your Iron Hand In A Velvet Glove.

Human Life Is The Only Thing That Takes Care Of Itself.

Each State Claims The Right To Control Interests Foreign To Itself When Those Interests Are Such That It Can Control Them Without Putting Its Own Interests In Danger. ... Other Powers Only Recognize This Right Of Intervening In Proportion As The Country Doing It Has The Power To Do It.