The French Complain Of Everything, And Always.

History Is The Version Of Past Events That People Have Decided To Agree Upon.

A Government Protected By Foreigners Will Never Be Accepted By A Free People.

I May Have Had Many Projects, But I Never Was Free To Carry Out Any Of Them. It Did Me Little Good To Be Holding The Helm; No Matter How Strong My Hands, The Sudden And Numerous Waves Were Stronger Still, And I Was Wise Enough To Yield To Them Rather Than Resist Them Obstinately And Make The Ship Founder. Thus I Never Was Truly My Own Master But Was Always Ruled By Circumstances.

When Firmness Is Sufficient, Rashness Is Unnecessary.

Do You Know What Astonished Me The Most In This World? The Inability Of Force To Create Anything.