Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.
A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
The only victory over love is flight.
If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.