"The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage."

"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions."

"Going home must be like going to render an account."

"Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse."

"Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship."

"Never deprive someone of hope it might be all they have."