In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them

Vanity made the [French] Revolution; liberty was only a pretext.

I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course. [Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et reprendra sa marche.]

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

We are either kings or pawns of men

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted