War is the national industry of Prussia.

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

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

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

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.

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