Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.

Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.