"The French are a people who love to be governed, but they hate to be led."

"The French people are a great people, but they are also a difficult people."

"The French people have never been more united than when they were divided."

"Man is mortal, and so are nations."

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."