The more I concede the more they demand The wish and the reality were to him one and the same thing The friendship of a great man is a gift from the gods The pear was ripe; but who was to gather it? There are saber strokes enough for every one They ought to be just before they are generous They will create some quarrel to destroy you This is the age of upstarts," said Talleyrand Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others Thought at least extraordinary, even by our friends Thought himself eloquent when only insolent or impertinent Treaties of peace no less disastrous than the wars Trying to alleviate her sorrow by sharing it Two hundred and twenty thousand prostitute licenses Under the notion of being frank, are rude United States will be exposed to Napoleon's outrages Usurped the easy direction of ignorance Vices or virtues of all civilized nations are relatively the same Want is the parent of industry We are tired of everything, even of our existence Were my generals as great fools as some of my Ministers When a man has so much money he cannot have got it honestly Which crime in power has interest to render impenetrable Who complains is shot as a conspirator With us, unfortunately, suspicion is the same as conviction Would cease to rule the day he became just Yield to illusion when the truth was not satisfactory You have given me your long price, now give me your short one. You were made to give lessons, not to take them.