Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

The only victory over love is flight.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards

Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.