Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score

Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score

A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.

No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.

God is always with the strongest battalions.

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

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.