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

Nothing is impossible to the man who will

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

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

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.

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

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