Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.
Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.
The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all.
He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.
An empty throne always tempts me.