| Quote | Author |
| To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature | |
| Anything too stupid to be said is sung | |
| War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other's advantage | |
| The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him | |
| Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities | |
| It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious | |
| Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers | |
| Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please | |
| Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are | |
| It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong | |
| It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both | |
| It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets | |
| Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed | |
| Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts | |
| Man is free at the instant he wants to be | |
| It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one | |
| God creates men, but they choose each other | |
| To hold a pen is to be at war | |
| When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content | |
| Clever tyrants are never punished | |
| To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature | |
| Anything too stupid to be said is sung | |
| War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other's advantage | |
| The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him | |
| Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities | |
| It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious | |
| Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers | |
| Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please | |
| Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are | |
| It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong | |