The Greatest General Is He Who Makes

I Treat Policies Like War. I Hoodwink One Flank So As To Trounce The Other. In My Family We Kneel Only To God.

Men Are Moved By Two Levers Only: Fear And Self Interest.

Being In The Tuileries Is Not Everything: What Matters Is To Stay Here.

Many A One Commits A Reprehensible Action, Who Is At Bottom An Honourable Man, Because Man Seldom Acts Upon Natural Impulse, But From Some Secret Passion Of The Moment Which Lies Hidden And Concealed Within The Narrowest Folds Of His Heart.

In War The Simplest Manoeuvres Are The Best.