"Great men are like eagles, and build their nests on some lofty solitude."

"The best way to keep a secret is to tell it to no one."

"The true statesman is the one who is able to see beyond the immediate future."

"I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro."

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."