Time is the great art of man. It is the success which makes great men. Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Secrets travel fast in Paris.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than their virtues. Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities. I judge men only by the results of their actions. I like honest men of all colors. I start out by believing the worst.