Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.

Friendship is but a name. I love no one.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

History paints the human heart.

To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.

More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.