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

Nothing is impossible to the man who will

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

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.

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.

War is the national industry of Prussia.