Speeches Pass Away, But Acts Remain.

There Is No Class Of People So Hard To Manage In A State, As Those Whose Intentions Are Honest, But Whose Consciences Are Bewitched.

He Who Knows How To Flatter Also Knows How To Slander.

A King Is Sometimes Obliged To Commit Crimes; But They Are The Crimes Of His Position.

A General Must Be A Charlatan.

Timid And Cowardly Soldiers Cause The Loss Of A Nation's Independence; But Pusillanimous Magistrates Destroy The Empire Of The Laws, The Rights Of The Throne, And Even Social Order Itself.