it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism.

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.