I am the State.

I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

One king, one law, one faith.

It is legal because I wish it.

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of the State make it expedient to do so.

Only small minds want always to be right.

The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Has God forgotten everything I've done for him ?

Always see your mistakes as a learning curve.

Focus on your destination but enjoy every sacred moments of the journey

Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees.

In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths.

You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.

The true test of all the arts is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind.

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

Real love is love for love's sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.

Earth is an insane asylum, to which the other planets deport their lunatics.

You have to be there at the right time and you've got to be equipped.