I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Never let me hear that foolish word again.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

War is the national industry of Prussia.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.

- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau