Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score

A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.

Be more than you seem to be.

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.

Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals, and then spread to our Europe, where some fanatics espoused it, where some intriguers pretended to be convinced by it and where some imbeciles actually believed it.

Everybody is using coffee. If possible, this must be prevented. My people must drink beer.

One should never despair too soon.